David H Courtney

Military
media-27366.jpeg UPL 27366 "ENGLAND-upon returning from a mission over enemy occupied territory, these 8th Air force P-51 Mustang pilots have gone directly to the intelligence section to be interrogated. Giving their information to the interrogation officer, they are L to R" :
1st Lt David H Courtney, 1st Lt Neil B Weatheral, Major Clayton L Peterson, 1st Lt Robert Jones, Capt Carl E Breathwit, 1st Lt Alfred E Carr Jr.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A13840-55545AC.

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Object Number - UPL 27366 - "ENGLAND-upon returning from a mission over enemy occupied territory, these 8th Air force P-51 Mustang pilots have gone directly to the intelligence...

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal.

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Units served with

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Arkansas, USA 26 November 1923

Enlisted

Fort Smith, AR, USA 23 June 1942 Camp Chaffee Fort Smith, AR

Other

Crashed

Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK 9 August 1944 Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 5 damage Lt David H Courtney, 9-Aug-44. P-51C 42-102998 - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF

Based

Wormingford 17 August 1944 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK 15 November 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Newhall, Santa Clarita, CA 91321, USA 26 March 2006

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Pulaski County, AR, USA

Buried

Eternal Valley Memorial Park Mortuary, 23287 North Sierra Hwy, Newhall, CA 91321, United States Eternal Valley Memorial Park Newhall, Los Angeles County, CA

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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 / WWW.55th.org roster

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Object number: UPL 27366 - "ENGLAND-upon returning from a mission over enemy...