415th NFS

Activated:
10 Feb 43

Inactive:
1 Sep 47

Operating Locations:
La Senia, Algeria 12 May 43 to 22 Jun 43
La Sabela, Tunisia 22 Jun 43 to 25 Jun 43
Monastir, Tunisia 25 Jun 43 to 29 Jul 43
NOTE:The Air Echelon arrived at Monastir from their stay at RAF OTU in England on 3 Jul 1943.
Det. Pratville, Tunisia 29 Jul 43 to 3 Sep 43
La Sabaia, Tunisia 39 Jul 43 to 3 Sep 43
Cassibile, Sicily 3 Sep 43 to 5 Nov 43
Cantania, Sicily 5 Nov 43 to 26 Dec 43
Det. Montecarnivo, Italy 29 Nov 43 to 25 Mar 44
Det. Gaudo, Italy 6 Dec 43 to 30 Jan 44
Marcianise, Italy 30 Jan 44 to 25 Mar 44
Pomigliano, Italy 25 Mar 44 to 11 Jun 11
La Blanca, Italy 11 Jun 44 to 17 Jun 44
Valtone, Italy 17 Jun 44 to 9 Jul 44
Solonara, Corsica 9 Jul 44 to 1 Sep 44
Det. Piombina, Italy 23 Jul 44 to 5 Aug 44
La Vallon, France 1 Sep 44 to 25 Sep 44
Longvic, France 25 Sep 44 to 30 Nov 44
Ochey, France 30 Dec 44 to 17 Apr 45
Grass-Gerau, Germany 17 Apr 45 to 2 Oct 45
Total Enemy Aircraft Destroyed:
11 (None in the P-61)

First Enemy Aircraft Destroyed in a P-61:
None

Received first P-61:
20 Mar 45

Operational Aircraft:
Beaufighter Mk VI (Mk IV AI): 1943-1944 Beaufighter Mk VI (Mk VIII AI): 1944-1945
P-61 A & B: 1945
Service Streamers:
None

Decorations:
None

Commanders:
Capt. Gordon D. Timmons 10 Feb 43 to 31 Aug 44 Maj. Harold F. Augspurger 31 Aug 44 to 15 Feb 45
Victories:
Lindsay/Petry (Beaufighter) He 115, Ju 88
Walber/Faison (Beaufighter) Cant 1007
Horne/Urich (Beaufighter) He 177
Augspurger/Petry (Beaufighter) Fw 200K, He 111
Giblin/Cleary (Beaugfighter) Ju 88, B-17 (Captured and flown by the Luftwaffe)
Schlueter/Meiers (Beaufighter) He 111, 2 Ju 88
Assigned Aircraft:

Li'l Abner

Serial No. 42-39531

P-61 B-6

Markings:
Unknown

Emblems:
Over and through an irregular sky segment light turquoise blue, Donald Duck proper, wearing a red night cap, white night shirt, and red bedroom slippers, stalking his prey and tiptoeing from one small cloud formation to another in base, and holding aloft a lighted candle in red and yellow holder with the right hand, and grasping a double barreled shotgun proper in the left hand, all in front of a large, yellow decresent moon in the last quarter; sky background flecked with six yellow stars of varring sizes. (Approved 4 Dec 1943)

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