44-14647 Pedunk
Color 35mm slide from Lt. Thomas F. Flemming, 91st BG, 323rd BS.
Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) sweep to Bremen, whilst strafing Kaltenkirchen aerodrome, hit by flak in coolant system, pilot 1st Lt Jerome J Ballard abandoned A/C, chute streaming but not inflating due to the low altitude. Chute became entangled in tree tops saving his life. 20-Mar-45. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13186.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16160004 / O-822609
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722127
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
24568 Kaltenkirchen, Germany | 20 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) sweep to Bremen, whilst strafing Kaltenkirchen aerodrome, hit by flak in coolant system, pilot 1st Lt Jerome J Ballard abandoned A/C, chute streaming but not inflating due to the low altitude. Chute became entangled in tree tops saving his life. 20-Mar-45. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13186. |
Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | Built at North American. | |
Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added another photograph of the plane, taken by my grandfather in 1944. Fuselage code is partially obscured but the nose art clearly matches.
MACR 13186 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database