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Oliver I Emmel

Military

Crashed on takeoff in Mosquito #LR516 on 27 Feb 1944. RTD. Over controlled on landing and ran off runway on 3 Mar 1944 in Mosquito XVI #MM337. RTD.

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Units served with

50th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

The insignia of the 55th Fighter Group.

55th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

LR516

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 50th Fighter Squadron

MM337

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 50th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date7 Feb 2016 11:27:19

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

AAM DB Entry.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:46

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces