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JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 31133 - Lt Col Don Hillman 365th FG
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Units served with
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-418131
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot-1055 Deputy Group CO
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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Sources
"Thunderbolts of the Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland, page 253
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p47_4.html