William R Opitz | American Air Museum

William R Opitz

Military

injured ca. June 13, 1944, hometown Spearfish, SD

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Units served with

Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson, Major Archie A Tower and Lieutenant Richard E Krauss of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang". Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt Hrico, Johnson, Tower & Krauss, 505 FS, Archie Tower.'

339th Fighter Group

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

505th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-106819

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Mary Queen Of Scotts
Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date24 Jul 2019 11:12:11

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:39

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History