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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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42-106429
P-51 Mustang
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A P-51 Mustang (WD-W_ , serial number 42-106429) nicknamed "Judy IV" of the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, flown by Lieutenant Harry E Jennings, 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '"Judy IV" WD-W_, 335FS, Spring '44. Source - W Jensen.'
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return, shot down in combat with Bf109,
crashed near Hamburg 24-May-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Harry E Jennings KIA MACR 5287.
Service
Units
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4th Fighter Group
Group
Some of the pilots of the 4th Fighter Group had seen many hours of combat by the time they joined the 4th Fighter Group as they had volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The three 'Eagle Squadrons' of RAF Fighter... -
335th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
The 335th Fighter Squadron was the offspring of No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF. Formed on 21 May 1941, No. 121 was the second of the three Eagle Squadrons composed of American volunteers flying out of England. They were known as the "Chiefs" and were...
People
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Harry Jennings
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return, shot down in combat by Bf109, P-51B 42-106429 crashed near Hamburg 24-May-44. Jennings KIA. MACR 5287.
Places
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Debden
Military site : airfield
RAF Debden, construction of which began in 1935, is perhaps most famous as a Battle of Britain fighter airfield, partly responsible for the defence of London in 1940. In 1942 it was also home to three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons’ of volunteer American pilots...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Hamburg, Germany | 24 May 1944 – 24 May 1944 |
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Failed to return, shot down in combat with Bf109, |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 14 April 2016 20:21:06 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=106429&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
MACR 5287 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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