8th Air Force
Command
Military
Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission, crashed near Altenau in P-51D 'Stasia' 44-15388 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10471
Awards: PH.
Command
Group
The 353rd Fighter Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force on 7 June 1943. The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical...
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Military site : airfield
Although never used as such, Raydon was built during 1942-43 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, with three concrete runways, 50 loop and one pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Initially on loan to the Ninth Air Force, it was first...
Event | Location | Date |
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Lived in | Shelby County, TN | 1941 |
Based | Raydon | 20 August 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Promotion | Raydon UK | 17 November 1944 |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died | Madgeburg, Germany | 27 November 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission, crashed near Altenau in P-51D 'Stasia' 44-15388 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10471 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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11 October 2018 10:53:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:14:20 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10471 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |