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43-28393 Wrangler

Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler". Handwritten on slide:"328393 KI:W col cy wilson 1944 55th ftr sq 20th FtrGp" Printed on slide :"J.W. PHEGLEY"

media-388488.jpg FRE 5420 Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler". Handwritten on slide:"328393 KI:W col cy wilson 1944 55th ftr sq 20th FtrGp" Printed on slide :"J.W. PHEGLEY" Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5420 - Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler". Handwritten on slide:"328393 KI:W col cy wilson 1944 55th...

While assigned to the 474th Fighter Group, aircraft lost on routine flight 8 June 1945 while flying from airfield Y-52, Nice, France to airfield R-2, Bad Langensalza, Germany. Aircraft crashed in bad weather just west of Strasbourg, France. The 430th Fighter Squadron pilot, 2Lt. Jack W. Haggard, was killed.

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20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

430th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

474th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Cy Wilson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-21538
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot Squadron/Group Commander

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Date27 Jan 2018 22:00:25

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Date27 Jan 2018 21:59:22

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Date27 Jan 2018 21:58:39

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Date2 Dec 2014 11:27:20

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