43-6712 Fightin Bitin, Yard Bird, Shanghai Lil
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UPL 55272
P-51B B6+A ''Shanghai Lil''
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Assigned to 363rd FS, 357th FG, 8AF USAAF. Taxi accident Leiston 25 Apr 44 - Lt. Joseph F Pierce.
Transferred to the 359th FG in January 1945, but did not fly combat missions. Most likely as a war weary "Clobber College" aircraft. Salvaged on 20 September 1945.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (357th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-385550
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot / Squadron C/O
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (357th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-25247
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot; Group Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742889
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-807634
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 307th Fighter Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433426
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/squadron commander
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Leiston, Leiston, Suffolk IP16, UK | 25 April 1944 | Taxi accident Leiston 25 Apr 44 - Lt. Joseph F Pierce |