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42-22476 Fortunes Fool Helen

Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Peter Voninski (5ERS). Transferred War Weary to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

435th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

479th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

5th Emergency Rescue Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

82nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Bryant Yeck Anderson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 66th Fighter Wing 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 13044062 / O-792943
Highest Rank: Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Joseph A Scheibler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 82nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group)
Service Numbers: O-793681
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Peter Voninski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Places

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Halesworth

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Holton

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

Wattisham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK	3 August 1943	Crashed Belly Landing Bury St Edmonds/Sta 468 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Bryant Y Anderson, 3-Aug-43. 82FS 78FG 8AF
Crashed	Martlesham, UK	4 January 1944	Crash-landed Martlesham Heath on 4-Jan-44 with Lt Joseph E Scheibler.
Crashed	Wattisham, Ipswich IP7, UK	12 July 1945	Landing Accident Wattisham/Sta 377 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt David G Park, 12-Jul-45. 435FS 479FG 8AF
Manufactured	Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA		Built at Republic.
Delivered	New York, NY, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK		Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Transferred	Halesworth IP19, UK		Transferred to 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, 8AF USAAF.
Other Transferred	Wattisham, Ipswich IP7, UK		Transferred to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date12 Jul 2016 19:06:52

ContributorAl_Skiff

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