44-72427 Man O War Daphne

media-12882.jpeg UPL 12882 Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

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Object Number - UPL 12882 - Lt. Albert B Kaplan, [New London, CT], 354th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-72427 WR-M “Daphne”.

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Albert B Kaplan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-826682
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Captain Henry W "Baby" Brown and Lieutenant-Colonel Claiborn H "Zoot" Kinnard Jr of the 355th Fighter Group with Brown's P-51 Mustang (WR-Z, serial number 42-106448) nicknamed "The Hun Hunter ~ Texas". Image stamped and signed on reverse to pass base censorship. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'HW Brown (Left) & unknown commander 355 FG.' Second handwritten caption on reverse, in different script, refers to the "unknown commander": 'He is Lt Col Kinnard.'

Claiborne Holmes Kinnard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (355th Fighter Group) Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
  • Service Numbers: O-383753
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer

Darrell E McAfee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
Virgil Mcafee, a crew chief of the 355th Fighter Group works on a P-51 Mustang (WR-A) nicknamed "Man O' War" of the 355th Fighter Group, April 1944. Image by Alexander "Cal" Sloan. Written on slide casing: '355 FG P-51, Man O' War, was CH Kinnard's P-51 Crew chief may be Virgil or Darly McFee.'

Virgil Ray McAfee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Mechanic

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Damaged

Michigan, USA 18 June 1948 Mechanical failure, damaged Cat2, Kellogg Field, Michigan, whilst on strength 172nd Fighter Squadron 127th Fighter Group, pilot John B Flagg, 18/06/48.

Crashed

North Korea 13 September 1951 Attached to 18th Ftr-Bmbr Group. One of four F-51s on rail interdiction mission between Sonchon and Kwaksan, attacked by 2-3 Mig-15's, severely damaged by Mig 15 crashed in mud flats 4 miles west of Samdan-dong (Amjuk-dong). Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair.

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