Philip P Phillips
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Newspaper clipping
Object Number - UPL 54142 - 1st Lt Philip P Phillips, 44BG
Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew member in B-24 41-24014 'Scrappy' 14-May-43. FW 190 fighters attacked causing top turret to explode. Shot up plane returned to England with crew safely bailing out.
Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II'. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1646
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19067132 / O-728030
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Scrappy II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Survived EA attack |
14 May 1943 | 14-May-43 in B-24 41-24014 'Scrappy'. FW 190 fighters attacked causing top turret to explode. Shot up plane returned to England with crew safely bailing out. | |
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Died Killed in action |
Ploiești, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II'. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1646 |
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
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Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO | Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1646, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey pp. 119, 219 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp.62-64, 93-94
