UPL 31366

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P-38L-5-LO, s/n 44-25516, coded 7Y-W of the 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group. Taxi accident at airfield Y-11 Cannes, France on 20 April 1945. MGen Elwood R. "Pete" Quesada, IX Fighter Command CO, was at the controls. MGen Quesada was a rated fighter pilot and often used available aircraft to visit 9th Air Force bases.

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