Thomas Daniel Schank

Military
media-40523.jpeg UPL 40523 Capt Tom Schank 338th FS J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 40523 - Capt Tom Schank 338th FS

Flight leader 338th FS 55th FG April 1944 - Oct 1944

5 air kills (5 x ME-109) + 3 damaged (ME-109).

P-38J s/n 42-104106 CL+T "Stinger"

P-51D s/n 44-13668 CL+I "Rocky Mt. Carany"

TSgt Olen Popple-crew chief

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13668

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Rocky Mt. Canary
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

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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

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Object number: UPL 40523 - Capt Tom Schank 338th FS