UPL 14374

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Crew chief S/Sgt Glesner H. Weckbacer chalks a message on a 500-lb bomb attached to P-51 Mustang 'MEINER KLEINER', as a tribute to 1st Lt Harold Ross of the 335th Fighter Squadron, who was among the seven 4th Fighter Group pilots killed on D-Day.

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Joseph W Higgins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756575
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Colonel Everett Stewart - appointed Commanding Officer of the 4th Fighter Group from February 1945 - with ground crewmen and a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten on slide:"COL Stewart with Ground Crew 4FG"

Glesner Henry Weckbacher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35302207
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief

Aircraft

43-6942

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Meiner Kleiner
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron

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Contributorapollo11
ChangesChanges to caption
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Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.

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Contributorapollo11
ChangesChanges to person associations
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Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.

Date:
Contributorapollo11
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.