492nd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Shot down 15-Jun-44 dive bombing marshalling yards in P-47D 42-75078 and killed in action (KIA).
Object Number - UPL 32469 - "1st Lt Norman T Johnson, Vernal, UT - 492nd Ftr Sq, 48th FG. Shot down while flying interdiction near the Normandy beachhead on 7-Jun-44, with the...
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Ibsley |
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31295484
- Highest Rank: First Sergeant (1st Grade)
- Role/Job: P-47 Thunderbolt - Armourer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13170364 / T-063047
- Highest Rank: Flying Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15131485 at enlistment, then O-814703
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 48th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Flight of the Bumble Bee
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 492nd Fighter Squadron
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Sources
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
