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Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Detached service with RAF unit on long range escort trials out of RAF Little Snoring. Failed to Return (FTR) night intruder mission to Ijmuiden Lt James H Corbet Killed in Action (KIA). 12-Apr-44 MACR 3750.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15195071 / O-746049
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

IJmuiden, Netherlands 12 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) night intruder mission to Ijmuiden Lt James H Corbet Killed in Action (KIA). 12-Apr-44 MACR 3750.

Assigned

King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned

RAF Little Snoring, Fakenham NR21 0JL, UK Detached service with RAF unit on long range escort trials out of RAF Little Snoring.

Manufactured

Burbank, CA, USA Built at Lockheed.

Delivered

Edwards AFB, CA, USA Delivered to USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 3750 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database