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Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Returning to base on one engine with drop tanks still onboard, having aborted from a bomber escort, emerged from the overcast to land only to find two P-38's lined up on the runway. With full power to the good engine, pilot 1st Lt Newell Anderson managed to avoid colliding with his colleagues, but crashed into a field. Aircraft exploded. 8-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20925498 / T-001036 / O-2044931
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Nuthampstead, Royston SG8, UK 8 April 1944 Returning to base on one engine with drop tanks still onboard, having aborted from a bomber escort, emerged from the overcast to land only to find two P-38's lined up on the runway. With full power to the good engine, pilot 1st Lt Newell Anderson managed to avoid colliding with his colleagues, but crashed into a field. Aircraft exploded. 8-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA).

Manufactured

Burbank, CA, USA Built at Lockheed.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.