42-28741
Object Number - UPL 31208 - Lt. Claude A Chinn 63rd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-28741 UN-C. This a/c was lost on 2 December 1944 when Lt. Wyman A Baker was KIA in a mid-air...
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep Marburg. Collided with P-47 44-19739 whilst in melee with Bf109's, crashed near Guell. Lt Wyman Baker Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10799.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-821833
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17115540 / O-702766
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
65589 Hadamar, Germany | 2 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep Marburg. Collided with P-47 44-19739 whilst in melee with Bf109's, crashed near Guell. Lt Wyman Baker KIA. MACR 10799. |
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Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
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Delivered |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
