P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Francis N King. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Romilly Sur Seine, having attacked some Fw190's, section was bounced by three Bf109's out of the sun. A/C broke left whilst element leader broke right and into the E/A. After the melee, section reformed and A/C and Lt Edgar J Albert were missing. Crashed near Augerville 5-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2128.
Group
The 353rd Fighter Group was assigned to the Eighth Air Force on 7 June 1943. The group flew P-47 Thunderbolts, and from October 1944, P-51 Mustangs, as escorts for bombing missions across occupied Europe and to strafe targets on the ground. Tactical...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Romilly Sur Seine, having attacked some Fw190's, section was bounced by three Bf109's out of the sun. Lt Albert broke left whilst his element leader broke right and into the E/A....
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Military site : airfield
Boxted was built for heavy bombers and became operational from May 1943. In the few months B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group were stationed there, there were two night attacks by the Luftwaffe. On 17 August 1943, one man was killed when bombs...
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Republic. |
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| Delivered | New York, NY, USA | 1943 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Boxted, Colchester, Essex, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Augerville, 28360 Prunay-le-Gillon, France | 4 February 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Romilly Sur Seine, having attacked some Fw190's, section was bounced by three Bf109's out of the sun. A/C broke left whilst element leader broke right and into the E/A. After the melee, section reformed and A/C and Lt Edgar J Albert were missing. Crashed near Augerville 5-Feb-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2128. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 June 2016 13:17:38 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-75161&Submit=S... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:04 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 2128 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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