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George W Merriman

Military

media-28157.jpeg UPL 28157 Capt George Merriman 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 28157 - Capt George Merriman 20th FG

Flight Leader 79th FS 20th FG

285:00 combat hours

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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

British and American personnel hold up flags at the 496th Fighter Training Group base in Goxhill. Printed caption on reverse: 'P.H.T GREEN COLLECTION PLACE: Goxhill, DATE: 44.'

496th Fighter Training Group

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

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".

79th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-67427

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

44-13667

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Almy Too, Sneebo
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

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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

Revisions

Date1 May 2019 15:12:17

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date26 May 2017 02:51:36

Contributorfugari

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:17

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Object number: UPL 28157 - Capt George Merriman 20th FG