Roy Merlin Scrutchfield
Military
20th FG - 55th FS - 8th AF
Pilot - CPT Roy Scrutchfield, 3rd from left
Object Number - UPL 45927 - P-38J-15-LO #43-28430 "Jeanne" Code: KI-N 20th FG - 55th FS - 8th AF Pilot - CPT Roy Scrutchfield, 3rd from left
Flew 'Droop Snooted' P-38J 43-28490 "Jeanne" to Le Havre with Lt Col Roy W Forrest [Commanding Officer 388th BG] whilst monitoring Batty* project, glide bomb, mission. Target - submarine pens. 13-Aug-44.
Awards: DFC, AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
*BATTY was the 8th Air Force code name for testing of the GB-4 glide bomb. The GB-4 was an early "smart bomb," as we call them today, and consisted of an M34 2,000lb GP bomb with wings and tail attached.
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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-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Kitty
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Jeanne
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
![French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456843.jpg.webp?itok=vyT98_c0)
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Jeanne
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Winfarthing
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vernon County, MO | 28 May 1919 | Son of Roy and Edith Florence [Foley] Scrutchfield. |
| Richards, Missouri | 16 October 1940 | ||
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Enlisted |
Camp Crowder, Neosho, MO | 29 January 1942 | Camp Crowder, Neosho, Missouri |
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Other Batty project glide bomb mission |
Le Havre, France | 13 August 1944 | Flew 'Droop Snooted' P-38J 43-28490 "Jeanne" KI-R to Le Havre with Lt Col Roy W Forrest [Commanding Officer 388th BG] to monitor Batty* project, glide bomb, mission. Target - submarine pens. 13-8-44. |
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Died |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | 5 January 1974 | |
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Buried |
Lakeside Cemetery Dover, Kent County, DE | 9 January 1974 | Lakeside Cemetery Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition