42-106854 Peabody's Pet

Object Number - UPL 23636 - Lt. Walter [NMI] Baron,[ N. Grosvenor Dale, CT], 364th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106854 C5-B “Peabody’s Pet”. This a/c became lost on 25...

Assigned 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Walter Baron. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Rechlin, Gemany. Aborted near Rostock with engine running roughly and made for Sweden. Interned in Sweden. Pilot Lt Walter Baron. 25-Aug-44. MACR 7948. Aircraft scrapped in 1945.

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Units served with

People

Walter Baron

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801663
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Will T Butts

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812374
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Stratford, London, UK 21 June 1944 Take Off Accident due to Engine Failure Parkgate Farm, nr Stratford Cat 5 damage, Lt Will T Butts, 21-Jun-44. 376FS 361FG 8AF.

Other

Interned Sweden

Lomma, Sweden 25 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Rechlin, Gemany. Aborted near Rostock with engine running roughly and made for Sweden. Interned in Sweden. Pilot Lt Walter Baron. 25-Aug-44. MACR 7948.

Manufactured

Inglewood, CA, USA Built at North American.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK Assigned 376FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Leiston IP16, UK Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date15 Sep 2016 12:45:21
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-106854
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=42-106854&Submit4=Go
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=7948
https://www.fold3.com/image/28665703

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:14
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 7948 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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