Paul Albert Conger

Military
media-24349.jpeg UPL 24349 Paul Conger 56th FG

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Object Number - UPL 24349 - Paul Conger 56th FG

11.5 kills

61st FS Flight Commander

63rd FS Commander

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Hollywood Hi Hatter
  • Unit: 406th Fighter Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Bernyce
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, California 3 May 1918 Son of James Albert Conger.

Enlisted

Beverly Hills, CA, USA 7 November 1941

Other

Commissioned

3 July 1942 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Crashed

Halesworth IP19, UK 27 September 1943 Taxiing Accident Halesworth/Sta 365 Cat 3 damage Paul A Conger, 27-Sep-43. P-47C 41-6401 - 61FS 56FG 8AF

Other

Crashed

Grahame Park Way, London NW9 5LL, UK 31 December 1943 Taxiing Accident Hendon/Sta 575 Cat 3 damage Paul A Conger, 31-Dec-43. P-47D 42-74620 - 61FS 56FG 8AF

Based

Transferred

Kings Cliffe 1 October 1944 Transferred to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK 29 October 1944 Promoted to Major.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 19 March 1945 End Tour of Duty (ETD) (2)

Other

Crashed

Clovis Municipal Airport, 459 CR 11.5, Texico, NM 88135, USA 24 July 1945 Baled Out Mech Failure 3 Miles West Clovis, TX Cat 4 damage Paul A Conger, 24-Jul-45. TP-63A 42-69054 - 234CCTS 2AF

Died

Hesperia, CA, USA 20 August 1994

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK End Tour of Duty (ETD) (1)

Other

Promoted

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Based

Kings Cliffe Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK Promoted to Captain.
Piedmont, CA, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45

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