Preston W Easley

Military

Graduated USMA 6/43 w/wings at Stewart Field; instructor of P-47s 11/43 to 6/44; at MH 8/44 to 9/45; lfew both P-47s & P-51s in 56 missions for 239 combat hours; went to HQ USAFE in Wiesbaden, Germany; retired as Lt. Col. in 1963.



August 1944-February 12, 1945, to 360th FS; P-47D OC-? /The Virginia Squire/





DFC/ AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-11564

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Princess Jocelyn
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Memphis, Tennessee 20 February 1919

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his son

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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self