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43-28430 Jeanne

media-45927.jpeg UPL 45927 P-38J-15-LO #43-28430 "Jeanne" Code: KI-N
20th FG - 55th FS - 8th AF
Pilot - CPT Roy Scrutchfield, 3rd from left

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Object Number - UPL 45927 - P-38J-15-LO #43-28430 "Jeanne" Code: KI-N 20th FG - 55th FS - 8th AF Pilot - CPT Roy Scrutchfield, 3rd from left

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

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

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

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

People

Roy Merlin Scrutchfield

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-730630
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot; Squadron Operations Officer

Places

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

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Date15 Nov 2020 23:58:57

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Sources

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-38-lightnin…
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p38_13.html

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