42-75560 Baby Margene
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Captain Eugene Cole of the 361st Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt (E2-G_, serial number 42-75560) nicknamed "Baby Margene" at Bottisham. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1st Lt. Eugene Cole, 375th FS'
Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo.
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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: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (361st Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 15125258 / O-676750
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814656
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK | 2 May 1944 | “Baby Margene”, 42-75560, E2-G, Lt Eugene Cole’s personal P-47D finished up a battered wreck on 2 May 1944. While landing at Bottisham after a mission, Lt Jack S Crandell of the 375th undershot the runway and crashed through the perimeter hedge beside the Bottisham - Little Wilbraham road. |
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Sources
Roger Freeman Photo / http://www.littlefriends.co.uk / http://361fg.com