44-14011 Lou N Sue

P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44-14011) nicknamed "Lou 'N Sue" of the 339th Fighter Group lined up at Fowlmere. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '504 FS dispersals Fowlmere.' media-388222.jpg FRE 5979 P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44-14011) nicknamed "Lou 'N Sue" of the 339th Fighter Group lined up at Fowlmere. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '504 FS dispersals Fowlmere.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5979 - P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44-14011) nicknamed "Lou 'N Sue" of the 339th Fighter Group lined up at Fowlmere. Image via James...

Captain Gilbert flew low over the base and at the far western edge of the field the plane went into a half roll for reasons unknown. The plane struck the ground in this attitude, upside down, destroying the airplane and killing the pilot.

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Vernon N Barto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16153906 / O-721941
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Kenneth L Gilbert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 93rd Bomb Group 504th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11031351 / O-542404
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

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Crashed

Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 17 July 1945 Crashed Fowlmere with loss of the pilot Capt. Kenneth C Gilbert [505 FS] KIFA 17th July 1945.

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44-14011: Gallery (4 items)

P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44-14011) nicknamed "Lou 'N Sue" of the 339th Fighter Group lined up at Fowlmere. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '504 FS dispersals Fowlmere.'

Object number: FRE 5979 - P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44...

P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44-14011) nicknamed "Lou 'N Sue" of the 339th Fighter Group lined up at Fowlmere. Image via James Starnes. Written on slide casing: '504 FS dispersals Fowlmere.'

Object number: FRE 5988 - P-51 Mustangs, including (5Q-D, serial number 44...

Object number: UPL 12892 - Lt. Vernon N Barto, [Depue IL], 504th Fighter...

Object number: UPL 23743 - Capt Clair M Mason, [Marshalltown IA], 504th...