42-75154 Sad Sam
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A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft (HV-A serial number 42-75154), of the 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"16 MM"
Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo.
Assigned to 61st FS, 56th FG, 8th AF, transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron. New code 5F-I [42-75154W] W = War Weary.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000972 / O-2045164
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-704714
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 28 August 1944 | Taxiing accident Boxted/Sta 150 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald L Murphy, 28-8-44. 42-75154W 5th ERS 8AF |
Manufactured |
Long Island, New York, USA | Built at Republic. | |
Delivered |
United States | Delivered to USAAF. | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Assigned |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | Assigned to 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. | |
Other Transferred |
Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | Transferred 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron |
Revisions
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Sources
Listed under 56th FG aircraft at Little Friends website http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/