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UPL 14423
3 September 1944 - Captain Donald R. Emerson, in his P-51D Mustang with 'Donald Duck' emblem, uses 30 degrees of flap while staying with 390th Bomb Group Flying Fortresses.
Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Baled Out Engine Failure 3/4miles East of Fordham, pilot Lt Gilbert L Kesler RTD, 18-Mar-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813134
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Service Numbers: T-190743 / O-2045172 / AO33198
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-714437
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: Belgian
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Fordham, Cambridgeshire, UK | 18 March 1945 | Baled Out Engine Failure 3/4miles East of Fordham Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Gilbert L Kesler, 18-Mar-45. 336FS 4FG 8AF. |