Peter Dempsey

Military
A damaged P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"Lt Dempsey P-38 CLJ Robert Sand" media-388155.jpg FRE 5491 A damaged P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"Lt Dempsey P-38 CLJ Robert Sand" Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5491 - A damaged P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"Lt Dempsey P-38 CLJ Robert Sand"

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Almenhausen on 7 Oct 44 in P-51 'The Quake' #4414291

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14167

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Purple Shaft
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

44-14291

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: DaQuake
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tacoma, Washington

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 7 October 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Other

Promoted

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9258 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Peter Dempsey: Gallery (2 items)

Tail of a P-38 Lightning aircraft, 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"Tail Lt Dempsey's CL-J sand"

Object number: FRE 5490 - Tail of a P-38 Lightning aircraft, 55th Fighter...

A damaged P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"Lt Dempsey P-38 CLJ Robert Sand"

Object number: FRE 5491 - A damaged P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group...