385th Fighter Squadron

Squadron
The insignia of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. media-395221.jpg FRE 5278 The insignia of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 5278 - The insignia of the 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Honington

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-720710
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (364th Fighter Group) 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15018575 / O-752095
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19137830 / O-720756
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Lieutenant-Colonel Allison Brooks of the 1st Scouting Force, 364th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: '69433 AC Colonel Brooks, Commanding Officer of the 1st Scouting Force, 91st Bomb Group, seated in the Cockpit of his plane prior to taking off from the base at Bassingbourne [sic], England on another mission.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-25258
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer, 1st Scouting Force. Former Group Operations Officer (401st )
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 1st Scouting Force 383rd Fighter Squadron 385th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
  • Service Numbers: 36306936 / O-748348
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Nicknames: Libbuf Nanny
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 385th Fighter 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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