Richard G Thieme

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media-5606.jpeg UPL 5606 1Lt. Richard D Thieme from Sheboygan, WI. 339th Fighter Group, 505th Fighter Squadron.

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Object Number - UPL 5606 - 1Lt. Richard D Thieme from Sheboygan, WI. 339th Fighter Group, 505th Fighter Squadron.

completed tour of duty March 22, 1945, hometown Sheboygan, WI

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Units served with

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 339th Fighter Group work on a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang" inside a blister hangar. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Boomerang 6N:W in blister, LT R Thieme a/c.'

44-14705

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Eileen, Boomerang!
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron

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Promoted

Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 10 December 1944 Promoted from 2Lt to 1Lt.

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End Tour of Duty (ETD)

22 March 1945
Sheboygan, WI, USA

Revisions

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ContributorPyker
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Data added from my and Ted Damick databases.

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ContributorAAM
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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 / Unit History

Richard G Thieme: Gallery (4 items)

Captain George Hrico and Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang". Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt George Hrico and Cpt Evan Johnson 505 FS, Boomberang 6N:W.'

Object number: FRE 5968 - Captain George Hrico and Captain Evan M "Johnny"...

Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson, Major Archie A Tower and Lieutenant Richard E Krauss of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang". Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt Hrico, Johnson, Tower & Krauss, 505 FS, Archie Tower.'

Object number: FRE 5970 - Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny"...

Ground personnel of the 339th Fighter Group work on a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang" inside a blister hangar. Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Boomerang 6N:W in blister, LT R Thieme a/c.'

Object number: FRE 5971 - Ground personnel of the 339th Fighter Group work...

Object number: UPL 5606 - 1Lt. Richard D Thieme from Sheboygan, WI. 339th...