Donald K Dilling

Military
media-27432.jpeg UPL 27432 Five Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots who knocked five German fighters out of the sky when the latter tried to go to work on a flak-battered staggering Boeing B-17 fortress near Bremen.

L-R Rear: 1Lt Clayton E "Ozzie" Davis,1 Lt Daniel T Britt Jr, Capt Donald K Dilling.
L-R Front: Capt Winfield E McIntyre, 1Lt Harold S Riley Jr.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12134-27140AC.

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Object Number - UPL 27432 - Five Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots who knocked five German fighters out of the sky when the latter tried to go to work on a flak-battered...

RTD Crashed into Channel on 30 Dec 43 in P-47 42-8447

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-8447

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Evaded

Mediterranean Sea 30 December 1943

Born

Revisions

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1863 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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