42-8395 Cookie

media-31222.jpeg UPL 31222 Lt Col. Shannon Christian. Headquarters Unit. P-47D 42-8395 YJ-S "Cookie".

Object Number - UPL 31222 - Lt Col. Shannon Christian. Headquarters Unit. P-47D 42-8395 YJ-S "Cookie".

P-47D-2-RE #42-8395 [YJ-S] "Cookie" was asssigned to the 353FS/351FS at Metfield, UK. On 25 November 1943 the aircraft, piloted by LTC Loren G. McCollom (Commanding Officer 353FG), was despatched with other P-47s from the 353FG to attack the German airfield of Ft. Rouge at St. Omer, France. This was the first such operation flown by VIII Fighter Cammand. The aircraft took a direct hit from Flak and burst into flames, but LTC McCollom was seen to bail out and landed near Lumbres, his Thunderbolt crashing a little over 10km further to the SE at Ecques, Pas-de-Calais, France. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1445.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Shannon Christian of the 351st Fighter Squadron, with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 353rd Fighter Group. Image stamped with station censor: 'Not for publication. Passed for personal use only.' Veteran's handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Col. Christian.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (67th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: 14023776 / O-420827
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Major Loren G. McCollom, of the 56th Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Major Loren G. McCollom, 1943.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron Headquarters (353rd Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-393150
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Commanding Officer, Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Ecques, France 25 November 1943 Sustained a direct hit from flak during fighter/bomber attack on the German airfield of Ft. Rouge at St. Omer, France. Crashed in the center of Ecques, 12km SE of Lumbres, France.

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 1446
Corrected typo : It's McCollom, not McCollum...

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Jul-2015. Added Nickname , Markings and Desscription based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added FTR event per MACR 1445, Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 1446 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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