XIX Tactical Air Command
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F-6 Mustang
North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial 42-103382 of the 15th TRS, 10th PRG, XIX TAC. Aircraft shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown bo Oblt Alfred Neumayer of JG 4/1 at Bellheim, E of Landau and crashed 3 km NW of Dahnk SW of Pirmasens, Germany 29th Sep 44. Pilot George R Schaeffer KIA. MACR 9280.
Command
Military site : airfield
Chalgrove was built as a USAAF transport or observation unit base in 1943-44. Several reconnaissance units operated from the airfield, including the Ninth Air Force's 10th Photographic Group and 423rd Night Fighter Squadron (later 155th Reconnaissance...
Event | Location | Date |
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Crashed | Pirmasens, Germany | 29 September 1944 |
Aircraft later shot down by Fw 190A-8 flown bo Oblt Alfred Neumayer of JG 4/1 at Bellheim, E of Landau and crashed 3 km NW of Dahnk SW of Pirmasens, Germany 29th Sep 44. MACR 9280. Pilot George R Schaeffer KIA. |
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To USAAF. |
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Assigned | Chalgrove, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX44, UK | |
15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Photographic Group, XIX TAC. |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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26 June 2015 15:57:10 | Al_Skiff | Changes to place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=9280&Submit=Go MACR bare bones. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
26 June 2015 15:56:19 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=9280&Submit=Go MACR bare bones. |