Kenneth Irvin Crawford

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22279.jpeg UPL 22279 Lt. Kenneth I Crawford, 38th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-13804 CG-Z “Arabel”, shared with Capt. Fryer.

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Object Number - UPL 22279 - Lt. Kenneth I Crawford, 38th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-13804 CG-Z “Arabel”, shared with Capt. Fryer.

Assigned 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Ruhland, Germany, shot down Bf109 and last seen having set off after second, shot down near Oberhof in P-51D 'One Mustang' 44-13723 11-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8681.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13723

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: One Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

44-13804

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Spunktown Arabel
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

20 August 1920 Son of Irvin N and Florence A Crawford.

Other

Promotion

23 August 1944 Promoted 1st Lieutenant.

Died

11 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Ruhland, Germany, shot down Bf109 and last seen having set off after second, shot down near Oberhof in P-51D 'One Mustang' 44-13723 11-Sep-45. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8681.

Buried

Liberty Veterans Cemetery Fresno Fresno County California, USA.

Born

Enlisted

Based

11 September 1944 Assigned 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8681 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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