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43-24877 Penrod Wheezy

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 318FS, 325FG, 15AF USAAF.

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Units served with

336th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Thunderbolt pilots of the 4th Fighter Group in the briefing room at Debden. The 4th Fighter Group flew P-47 Thunderbolts on missions between March 1943 and February 1944. In the centre of the image, looking straight at the camera is James A. Goodson. On the far right of the shot, wearing a garrison cap, is Lieutenant Paul S. Riley. The two men at the front of the shot, sitting on wicker chairs, are, left to right Lieutenant James A. Clark and Lieutenant Spiros S. Pisanos. Printed caption attached to print

4th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Van E Chandler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18242276 / O-705545
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Neal V Gallagher

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Crew Chief

Places

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

E/A Destroyed

Italy

6 June 1944

Destroyed 2 x Fw190, pilot Capt Roy Hogg.

Revisions

Date21 May 2016 16:18:40

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=24877&Submit=Sea…
Mustang Aces of the Ninth & Fifteenth Air Forces & the RAF by Jerry Scutts.
Aces of the 325th Fighter Group by Tom Ivie.