42-8487 Spirit of Atlantic City N.J.
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FRE 5571
Captain Walker "Bud" Mahurin on his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft (serial number 42-8487), speaking to the Crew Chief (Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes) of his P-47 Thunderbolt. Handwritten on slide:"Mahurin Halesworth 39 R. Freeman"
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down by enemy fighters on the Bomber escort mission 27 March 1944.
Crashed near Allonnes/Boisville-La-St-Père, Eure-et-Loir Department, 16km SE of Chartres, France. Pilot Walker Mahurin managed to evade capture, with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance. He was back in the UK on 7 May 1944.
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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
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Enlisted Man
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15081882 at enlistment, then O-659316
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 27 March 1944 | Shot down by enemy fighters on the Bomber escort mission 27 March 1944. Crashed near Allonnes/Boisville-La-St-Père, Eure-et-Loir Department, 16km SE of Chartres, France |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 3440
NARA Captured German Records : J-757 à https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494961
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 3440 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database