42-22491

media-34455.jpeg UPL 34455 "The tail of a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-22491) of the 495th Fighter Training Group that has crash landed into a house at Upper Tean, 14 July 1944."

Roger Freeman Photo FRE 11709

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Object Number - UPL 34455 - "The tail of a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-22491) of the 495th Fighter Training Group that has crash landed into a house at Upper Tean, 14...

Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from training mission, part of a four ship formation, bounced by friendly P-47's pilot lost control in the break and crashed into a row of houses in Riverside Row, Upper Tean, Staffordshire. Pilot 2Lt Donald M Pfaff Killed in Training Accident (KITA).

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

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

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

495th Fighter Training Group

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

552nd Fighter Training Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

People

Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie" at Bodney air base in March 1944. Left to right, top row: Lieutenant Woodrow W. Anderson, Lieutenant Stanley G. Miles, Lieutenant Frank A. Cutler, Lieutenant Martin E. Corcoran, Lieutenant Donald Y. Whinnem. Left to right, middle row: Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond, Captain Stephen W. Andrew, Lieutenant Thomas W. Colby, Lieutenant Henry J. Miklajyck, Captain Edward

Martin E Corcoran

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 17065214 / O-667042
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Donald Martin Pfaff

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
Service Numbers: 13130668 / O-822255
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Bodney

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Goxhill

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Upper Tean, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DZ, UK	14 July 1944	Fatal Crash Destroyed by Fire Upper Tean Cat 5 damage 2Lt Donald M Pfaff, 14-Jul-44. P-47D 42-22491 - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF
Manufactured	Evansville, IN, USA		Built at Republic.
Assigned	Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK		Assigned to 486FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned	Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK		Transferred to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.