43-6959
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FRE 10328
P-51 Mustangs including (serial number 43-6656) and (serial number 43-6959) at Speke, Liverpool for delivery to US Army Air Force Groups. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Assembled P-51Bs of an early shipment at Speke a/d, winter 43-44.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from Ramrod to Merseburg, section turned to engage 50+ enemy fighters, not seen after engagement, shot down near Wolfsbehringen. 11-Sep-44. Pilot Lt Paul S Iden Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8985.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817033
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694186
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Wolfsbehringen, 99820 Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany | 11 September 1944 - 11 September 1944 | Failed to return from Ramrod to Merseburg, section turned to engage 50+ enemy fighters, not seen after engagement, shot down near Wolfsbehringen. 11-Sep-44. Pilot Lt Paul S Iden Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8985. |