8th Air Force 513FE
3 August 1944
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FRE 125
Crash site of P-51-C Mustang of the 55th Fighter Group/338th Fighter squadron at Wormingford air base. The 55th FG were stationed at Wormingford from 16 April 1944 until 21 July 1945. Additional information : This is 43-25056 - crashed on take-off - Pilot Jerry R. McDonald.
Roger Freeman Collection
Research on details in the photo on the basis of the Serial number, the place and the Group.
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Mission Details
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: All fighter groups participate. Specific units not correlated in source data.
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: Specific units not correlated in source data.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
Description: FIGHTER ESCORT
Notes: P-47 Fighter Groups took part. Specific units not correlated in source data.
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 2.8 T
Revisions
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Sources
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.