43-6722 Dizzy Miss
Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Written Off - War Weary, after Taxiing Accident Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage, 9-Feb-45.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17143207 / O-2059717
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795906
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2045227, T-223064
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 13 April 1944 | Landing Accident Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Myles A King, 13-Apr-44. 357FS 355FG 8AF. |
|
Crashed |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 9 February 1945 | Taxiing Accident Steeple Morden/Sta 122 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Merlin E Beise, 9-Feb-45. 357FS 355FG 8AF. |
|
Other Written Off [DBR] |
Steeple Morden, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK | 10 February 1945 | Written Off Damaged Beyond Repair. |