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Crashed Belly Landing Langford Lodge/Sta 597, Ireland Cat 4 damage Pilot Lt Gilbert G Ross 87FRS, 27FRG, 8AF, 2-10-43.
Take Off accident Halesworth/Sta 365, Cat 3 damage, pilot unknown 63FS, 56FG, 8AF. 4-3-44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885098
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18104204 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Langfords Lodge, Rowls Langford, Newmarket, Co. Cork, Ireland | 2 October 1943 | Crashed Belly Landing Langford Lodge/Sta 597, Ireland Cat 4 damage Pilot Lt Gilbert G Ross 87FRS, 27FRG, 8AF, 2-10-43. |
Manufactured |
4 March 1944 | Take Off accident Halesworth/Sta 365, Cat 3 damage, pilot unknown 63FS, 56FG, 8AF. 4-3-44. | |
Manufactured |
Long Island, New York, USA | Built by Republic. | |
Delivered |
United States | To USAAF. | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Assigned |
Halesworth, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19, UK | Assigned to 63rd FS, 56th FG, 8th AF. Assigned pilot Lt. J. Carroll Wakefield. |