9th Air Force
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Brunswick bounced by enemy fighters crashed Hanover Pilot 2lt Rob R B McIntosh KIA (KIA) MACR 3252.
Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 354th Fighter Group
Flight leader 355th FS 354th FG. First Merlin Mustang ace.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 354th Fighter Group
Military site : airfield
Close to but completely separate from RAF Headcorn, Lashenden was built for the RAF during 1942-43 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), initially as a light bomber base and then as a training base for mobile fighter squadrons. Enlarged and improved for...
Event | Location | Date |
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Crashed | Hanover, Germany | 23 March 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Brunswick bounced by enemy fighters crashed Hanover Pilot 2lt Rob R B McIntosh KIA (KIA) MACR 3252. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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26 October 2017 14:22:37 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events and media associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=43-6320&Submit6=Go |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
25 October 2017 15:21:03 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nicknames, markings, description, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=43-6320&Submit6=Go |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:41:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 3252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |