Harold A Ogden
Military
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Object Number - UPL 23377 - P47D-2-RA OC-U 42-22517 'Eager Eagle' with pilot and three ground crew. One of the pilots who flew this aircraft was Harold A Ogden of the 359th...
Hal Ogden served as a fighter pilot with the 359th Fighter Squadron of the 356th Fighter Group. He flew P-47s for 300 combat hours.
In April 1943, Hal Ogden was posted to the 356th Fighter Group as a flight commander, and then assistant command group S-3 (principal assistant to the commander in planning and co-ordination of brigade operations).
Hal was at West Point till May 1942; Flying School to December 1942; Gunnery Instruction School November 1943 at Sutton Bridge; at Martlesham Heath September 1943 to September 1945;
One of the aircraft he flew was P-47D-2-RA OC-U 42-22517 'Eager Eagle'.
Ogden served in Vietnam '67-'68; flew 175 missions; retired as Colonel.
4 DFC; 26 Air Medals; Legion of Merit (Vietnam '68); Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry ('68)
1/2 Air; 3 on Ground
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Eager Eagle
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 359th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
25 April 1919 | ||
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Other RAF Lakenheath |
15 August 1965 | I believe Hal was Commander of the B-58 unit at RAF Lakenheath . | |
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Died |
3 June 2000 | ||
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Other Promoted to Captain |
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Other Transferred to 356th Fighter Group Headquarters |
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Other Married Lenore 'Nonnie' Whelan |
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Other Taught atomic weapons as a Major at Sandia Base, New Mexico, with the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project |
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Other Stationed at HQ Tactical Air Force Base, at Randolph, Texas, flying the Shooting Star F-80 and T-33, Republic Thunderjet F-84E, and Sabre F-86F |
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Other Attached to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) at Paris |
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Other Posted back to England for an attachment to the RAF as Director of Material with the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing |
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Other Assigned in October 1967 as the senior advisor to the Vietnamese Air Force, and took part in combat missions during the Tet Offensive of 1968, flying the Northrop F-5, A-1 Skyraider, O-1 Bird Dog, and Cessna U-17 |
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Other Retired from the US Air Force as Colonel |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Personal visit by me at the time. His wife Lenore was my great uncle’s sister in law.
Information and research shared with the American Air Museum by user 'Simon Spitfire':
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/users/simon-spitfire
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self
