44-63271

media-388360.jpg FRE 5619 A P-51 Mustang aircraft HL-D (serial number 44-63271), flying over Duxford airfield. Handwritten on slide casing:"HLD 463271 C.Tom Bendorf" Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5619 - A P-51 Mustang aircraft HL-D (serial number 44-63271), flying over Duxford airfield. Handwritten on slide casing:"HLD 463271 C.Tom Bendorf"

Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

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

83rd Fighter Squadron

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

People

William H Julian

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 339th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-885561
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Pebworth, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8XJ, UK	6 February 1945	Baled Out Collins Pebworth Cat 4 damage Lt William H Julian, 6-Feb-45. P-51D 44-63271 83FS 78FG 8AF
Manufactured	Inglewood, CA, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK		Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.