44-11341 Sweet Stuff
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 2937 - A damaged P-51 Mustang (YF-D, serial number 44-11341) of the 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8 January 1945. Official caption on image:...
Assigned to 2SF, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed at RAF Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, 8-Jan-45. Pilot Lt Marvin H Castleberry survived but aircraft was destroyed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 335th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14095590 / O-814651
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 335th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron 358th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-815570
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 26 November 1944 | Crashed Belly Landing Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt George W Ceglarski, 26-Nov-44. 2SF 8AF |
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Crashed |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 8 January 1945 | Crash Landing Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Marvin H Castleberry, 8-Jan-44. 2SF 8AF |
