44-15236

media-377323.jpg FRE 559 Three P-51 Mustangs (J2-G, serial number 44-15236), (J2-J, serial number 44-63236) and (J2-N, serial number 44-14827) all of the 479th Fighter Group, fly in combat formation. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 559 - Three P-51 Mustangs (J2-G, serial number 44-15236), (J2-J, serial number 44-63236) and (J2-N, serial number 44-14827) all of the 479th Fighter Group,...

Assigned 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

Places

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	Old Airport Rd, Aiken, SC 29801, USA	21 October 1944	Take off Accident due to Engine Failure Aikens AAF, Aikens, SC Cat 3 damage Lt Walter L Parsley, 21-Oct-44. CCTS 336BU
Manufactured	Inglewood, CA, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Wattisham, Ipswich IP7, UK		Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.