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media-25552.jpeg UPL 25552 Personal photograph of Billy J. Murray with the "Donna J" named for his only sister, Donna Joyce Murray. The aircraft is his first P-51D #44-14808. Murray would shoot down his only air kill, a ME-262 on January 14, 1945. This aircraft was later crash landed by Lt. Robert Wiehe SE of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England when engine trouble forced a landing. Fortunately Wiehe survived the landing, but the plane was written off. Billy J Murray collection

From the collection of Lt. Billy J. Murray

Object Number - UPL 25552 - Personal photograph of Billy J. Murray with the "Donna J" named for his only sister, Donna Joyce Murray. The aircraft is his first P-51D #44-14808....

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 October 1944

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Personal Effects of Billy J. Murray

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MACR 9795 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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