42-8438 Dizzy Miss/Mortician's Delight

media-46467.jpeg UPL 46467 P-47D-5-RE #42-8438 "Mortician's Delight" Code: B4-W
Pilot - Neal Worley on the left
365th Fighter Group - 387th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF

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Object Number - UPL 46467 - P-47D-5-RE #42-8438 "Mortician's Delight" Code: B4-W Pilot - Neal Worley on the left 365th Fighter Group - 387th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF

Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Flown by Lt Vernon A Burroughs. Transferred to 387FS, 365FG, 9AF USAAF.

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Pilot Lieutenant Vernon A. Burroughs climbs into his P-47 of the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group. Image stamped on reverse: "For Personal Use Only"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795906
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Crashed

Saint-Dizier, France 19 April 1945 Crashed Belly Landing Mechanical Failure St Dizier/A-64 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Neal E Worley, 19-Apr-45. 387FS 365FG 9AF.

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Sources

"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland, page 292

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