Vernon N Luber
Military
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UPL 17389
Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, BM590 'AV-R' "Olga", of No. 121 Squadron RAF based at Debden, Essex, in flight.
IWM CH 7337.
'Olga' was photographed air to air from all angles to provide recognition samples to incoming USAAF bomber crews in an attempt to avoid freindly fire incidents.
IWM CH 7337.
'Olga' was photographed air to air from all angles to provide recognition samples to incoming USAAF bomber crews in an attempt to avoid freindly fire incidents.
IWM digital archive.
Possibly the pilot in or around 7 Oct 1943 accident in Spitfire BM590
ETO Ribbon; Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Olga
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
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Sources
7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 307 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia