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42-106875 Queen Jean

A P-51 Mustang (E2-D, serial number 42-106875) nicknamed "Queen Jean" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham. Image via James D Smith. Written on slide casing: 'Queen Jean, -D, ready for T/O Bottisham.'

media-388370.jpg FRE 6193 A P-51 Mustang (E2-D, serial number 42-106875) nicknamed "Queen Jean" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham. Image via James D Smith. Written on slide casing: 'Queen Jean, -D, ready for T/O Bottisham.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6193 - A P-51 Mustang (E2-D, serial number 42-106875) nicknamed "Queen Jean" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham. Image via James...

Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" after the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace E. Hopkins, of the 374th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group.

374th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

A P-51 Mustang (E2-A, serial number 44-13568) nicknamed "Sky Bouncer" of the 361st Fighter Group flies over the countryside. Image stamped multiple times on reverse: "Official Photograph US Army Air Forces", "For Personal Use Only" and "Passed by US Army Examiner, 10143." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-51 D, 361 FG (USAAF).'

375th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

John Cearley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 374th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-455878
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

William J Shackelford

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-732382
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William H Street

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-753820
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Places

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

Little Walden

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Hadstock

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Little Walden, Saffron Walden CB10 1XA, UK	9 November 1944	Take Off Accident due to Engine Failure Little Walden/Sta 165 Cat 4 damage Lt William H Street, 9-Nov-44. P-51B 42-106875 - 375FS 361FG 8AF
Manufactured	Inglewood, CA, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK		Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF.