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Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing/strafing mission to Liege vectored onto parked up tank column in St Vith and hit by 88mm flak burst which took out the port engine, successfully feathered, starboard engine noted to be streaming oil and coolant. Shortly after the pilot 2Lt Adrian V Knox stated he was baling out, canopy came off, no sign of chute deploying. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11413.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14100731 / O-803999
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

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Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

St Vith, Belgium 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing/strafing mission to Liege vectored onto parked up tank column in St Vith and hit by 88mm flak burst which took out the port engine, successfully feathered, starboard engine noted to be streaming oil and coolant. Shortly after the pilot 2Lt Adrian V Knox stated he was baling out, canopy came off, no sign of chute deploying. KIA. 23-Dec-44. MACR 11413.

Manufactured

Burbank, CA, USA Built at Lockheed.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Warmwell, Dorchester DT2, UK Assigned to 428FS, 474FG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

MACR 11413 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database