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William G Spencer

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media-14159.jpeg UPL 14159 Lt. William G. Spencer.

Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank E. Speer.

Object Number - UPL 14159 - Lt. William G. Spencer.

Lt. William G. Spencer of the 334th Fighter Squadron, in late 1945 became a Jack-of-all-trades as he was fulfilling his duties as a combat pilot. He was assigned additional duties as Intelligence Officer, Squadron Historian, and Director of the 4th Group Mens' Chorus. Thanks to Lt. Spencer's foresight, the Squadron's diaries were saved for future generations.

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Personnel talk to Lieutenant-Colonel Oscar Coen of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Groupin the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt after a mission over Paris, 15 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'American Thunderbolt fighters are proving a terror to the German pilots (former members of the R.A.F.). Flying their high altitude fast diving fighters, that have accounted for many enemy planes. In the raid over Paris the fighters of this station accounted for 17 down, 5 probables and one damaged. 1

334th Fighter Squadron

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

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Debden

Site type: Airfield

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Date24 Mar 2015 20:56:13

Contributorapollo11

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Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank E. Speer.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:05

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

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Object number: UPL 14159 - Lt. William G. Spencer.