Estel E Ulerick

Military
media-23971.jpeg UPL 23971 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-8476 MX-X "Little Demon". John Zachary has written on the back of this photo "Bassett seeing Ulerick off" which means that there is a possibility that S/Sgt. Gaston H Bassett was crew chief for more than one a/c. The time span for this photo can be set between February 1944 when Ulerick joined the squadron and 17 March 1944 when he crash-landed this a/c at RAF Witchford, severely burning himself in the process. Little Demon was originally named by Maj. Walter C Beckham of the 353rd FG's 351st FS and it obviously retained the name when transferred to the 78th FG. When assigned to Maj. Beckham, it wore the code YJ-X.

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Object Number - UPL 23971 - 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-8476 MX-X "Little Demon". John Zachary has written on the back of this photo "Bassett seeing Ulerick off" which means...

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed while attempting to land at RAF Witchford after experiencing a fuel leak during a local gunnery training flight on 17-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-8476 'Little Demon'. Returned to Duty (RTD). Transferred to ?

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Aircraft

Airmen of the 353rd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-X, serial number 42-8476) nicknamed "Little Demon". Written on slide casing: '353 Walter Beckham.'

42-8476

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Little Demon
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wayne County, IN, USA 23 January 1920 Son of Cecil Raymond and Hazel F [Blackketter] Ulerick.

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA 19 February 1942 Enlisted Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana

Based

Duxford 23 February 1944 - 30 March 1944 Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed WIA

Witchford, Ely CB6, UK 17 March 1944 Injured and badly burnt in flying accident at RAF Witchford in P-47D 42-8476. 17-Mar-44.

Other

Transferred

30 March 1944 Transferred to ?

Died

Cass County, IN, USA 6 November 2000

Buried

Logansport, IN 46947, USA Ever Rest Memorial Park Logansport Cass County Indiana USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 23971 - 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-8476 MX-X "Little...