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Maurice R McLary

Military

media-27941.jpeg UPL 27941 Maj Mac McLary 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 27941 - Maj Mac McLary 20th FG

CO 77th FS 20th FG

3 air kills

P-51D s/n 44-14378 LC+A "Murph"

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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

77th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

A P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Murph III" of the 20th Fighter Group

42-68131

Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Nicknames: Murph III
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

44-14378

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Murph
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron

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

Revisions

Date16 May 2017 05:05:43

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JCook Photo Collection

Date16 May 2017 05:03:53

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JCook Photo Collection and Archives

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:54

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol 2, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

Maurice R McLary: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 27940 - MaJ Mac McLary 20th FG

Object number: UPL 27941 - Maj Mac McLary 20th FG