44-72296

P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie" media-388282.jpg FRE 5338 P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Taken on 23 March 45 by Edward Richie. Information from Mark Richie: "The 65th Fighter Wing had a meeting of all Group COs at Debden about the up coming Rhine River crossing operations. Pretty neat shots. Roger [Freeman] and I puzzled over the NMF C model with the Malcolm hood. D models were in all groups by then so finding a "new" C model with and Malcolm hood is kind of odd. No serial numbers show in rear view. Possible it is a photo recon kite. Tower logs for the day do not inventory individual a/c that attended. Pretty day . . ." Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie" Nearest P-51D, CL-P, 44-72296 "Da' Quake", Lt Col John 'Earthquake' McGinn, 338th FS, 55th FG, 8th AF. Furthest P-51D PI-Z, 44-15069, 'Judy/Audrey 3rd', Maj Michael P Yannell, 360th FS, 365th FG, 8th AF. [littlefreinds.co.uk] Roger Freeman Collection

Corrected typo of 365th Fighter Group to read 356th FG and updated associations to reflect.

Object Number - FRE 5338 - P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Taken on 23 March 45...

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-719368
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 7 April 1945

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MACR 13949 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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