493rd Fighter Squadron
Squadron
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 7045 - Pilots of the 48th Fighter Group sit in a crew jeep at St Trond in Belgium. Image via Harold. Written on slide casing: 'St Trond, 493 FS, Pilot to...
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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 493rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36384908
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 493rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676705
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 493rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 493rd Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Oxford
- Unit: 48th Fighter Group 493rd Fighter Squadron
Revisions
Mark Munson son of late Tsgt Bert "Mother" Munson, P-47 Crew Chief, 493rd FS WWII.
Col. Jacob Cooper, as told to Mark Munson son of TSgt Bert "Mother" Munson.
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)
