Richard M Holly
MilitaryJCook Photo Collection & Archives
CO 84th FS 78th FG Duxford, Eng. 1 air kill 5/19/1944
60th FS Iceland 1 air kill 8/5/1943
P-47D s/n 42-25871 WZ+Y "Nigger II"
Col USAF retired
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Nigger II, Roger the Lodger
- Unit: 36th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
- Date: 6 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Glendale, AZ, USA |
Revisions
Home town given in the Duxford Diary, unit history of the 78th Fighter Group, published at the end of the war.
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Unit roster on page 135 in 'Eagles of Duxford' book by Fry;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Unit roster on page 135 in 'Eagles of Duxford' book by Fry;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self, Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force,