44-72516 Ambrosia Give em Hell For H. L. Jr.
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FRE 564
Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".
Roger Freeman Collection
Roger Freeman Photo.
Assigned to 436th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, 8th AF USAAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armourer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 436th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-024884
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot, squadron leader
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Asst Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 436th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14161341 / O-763334
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield