77th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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UPL 19705
Lockheed P-38J Lightning 'Droop Snoot*' 42-67450 LC-E 'Eze Doe's It' 77th FS, 20th FG, 8th AF USAAF. 'Eze Does It' is at the front of this formation.
'The 20th Fighter Group were also assigned a P-38J Droopsnoot aircraft where the armament was replaced with a glass nose and bombsight and a bombardier rode in the nose. The other aircraft would fly in close formation with the droopsnoot and all drop their bombs when the lead aircraft released its. Several missions were flown using this technique in the build up to D-Day. These missions weren't popular with the pilots who didn't like flying straight and level in close formation over enemy targets!'
'The 20th Fighter Group were also assigned a P-38J Droopsnoot aircraft where the armament was replaced with a glass nose and bombsight and a bombardier rode in the nose. The other aircraft would fly in close formation with the droopsnoot and all drop their bombs when the lead aircraft released its. Several missions were flown using this technique in the build up to D-Day. These missions weren't popular with the pilots who didn't like flying straight and level in close formation over enemy targets!'
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ground Crew
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746086
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot 1056 twin engine
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: GP
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675697
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Kate's Crate / The Better Half
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Sky Cowboy
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)