41-6406

media-18023.jpeg UPL 18023 Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolts 41-6403 and 41-6406 on the line at BAD2.
41-6403 QP-03334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF Lost 3 Apr 43 - Maj. Oscar H Coen Bailed safely
41-6406 QP-H 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF, Lost 21 May 43 - Shot down by Bf109 pilot Lt G H Whitlow KIA.

Object Number - UPL 18023 - Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolts 41-6403 and 41-6406 on the line at BAD2. 41-6403 QP-03334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF Lost 3 Apr 43 - Maj. Oscar H...

Republic P-47C Thunderbolt 41-6406 QP-H 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF, assigned pilot Lt G H Whitlow.

Last seen following enemy aircraft inland after a fighter sweep to Ghent-Ostend Area, Belgium. Shot down by a Bf109 fighter of JG 26/III. Crashed near Ghent. Pilot 1st Lt Gordon H Whitlow Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885108
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Warton airfield looking north, the Ribble Estuary is on the left, 22 June 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/255. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Ghent, Belgium 21 May 1943 Last seen following enemy aircraft inland after a fighter sweep to Ghent-Ostend Area, Belgium. Shot down by a Bf109 fighter of JG 26/III. Crashed near Ghent. Pilot 1st Lt Gordon H Whitlow Killed in Action (KIA). 21-5-43. No MACR.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

22 May 1943 Struck Off Charge.

Manufactured

Long Island, New York, USA Built by Republic.

Delivered

United States To USAAF.

Other

Shipped overseas

Merseyside, UK Shipped overseas to ETO.

Other

Assembled / test flown

Warton, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK Assembled / test flown at BAD 2.

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK Assigned to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF.

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