328th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
media-16295.jpeg UPL 16295 Captain Donald S. Bryan's ground crew stand alongside his second assigned aircraft, the P-51B, serial number, 43-6894. Like all of Bryan's aircraft it was coded PE-B and named, Little One, after his petite wife. The aircraft's name and D-Day recognition stripes were, likely, removed after the plane was declared "war weary" and removed from combat status. 352nd Fighter Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 16295 - Captain Donald S. Bryan's ground crew stand alongside his second assigned aircraft, the P-51B, serial number, 43-6894. Like all of Bryan's aircraft...

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Unit stations

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-710669
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-737119
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747676
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: RN
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Aircraft

Lieutenant William D. Schwenke of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, beside P-47 Thunderbolt (PE-S, serial number 42-8424), named "Kathie". 1943 - March 1944.
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Miss Behave
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Miss Behave, Lil Lo, Desiree Y
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Sandra Lee
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 514th Fighter Squadron
Lieutenant Richard De Bruin of the 352nd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (PE-T, serial number 42-8439) nicknamed "Slender, Tender and Tall" decorated with Bugs Bunny. Image via Richard De Bruin. Written on slide casing: 'Tender Tall Lt De Bruin.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Slender Tender and Tall Patty Ann
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Muriel V
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 328th Fighter Squadron 487th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / 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)

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