Victor T McConnell

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media-31857.jpeg UPL 31857 2nd Lieutenant Victor T. McConnell

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Object Number - UPL 31857 - 2nd Lieutenant Victor T. McConnell

Killed while testing fighter- Victor was from Minnesota. I only know him from letters I have read that he wrote to my mother as a child. In one letter he wrote that she should pray for the baby Jesus to watch over him and bring him home.



In researching the many accidents associated with the planes these pilots were entrusting with their lives, I am shocked of the number of fires associated with the allison engine, as was the case with Victor's plane.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Events

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Died

2 May 1944

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Accident report obtained

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Self

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Double Nickel-Double Trouble / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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