42-67490

The burning wreck of a P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-67490) of the 496th Fighter Training Group.

Object Number - FRE 3236 - The burning wreck of a P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-67490) of the 495th Fighter Training Group.

Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 554FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred War Weary to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

People

Luther Joe Abel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 78th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686799
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

John Leroy Armstrong

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-756441
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Second Lieutenant Mack D. Fall, seated in cockpit, and Second Lieutenant William Gall, both pilots with the 20th Fighter Group at Kings Cliffe air base, October 1943. Printed caption attached to print: 'Lightnings Attack Northern France. Versatile P-38 Lightnings, flashing their power across the English Channel for the first time in a combat role, bring new serial phase into the European Theatre of Operations. Well-trained pilots - some of them already experienced in the other theatres of war - and ground

Mack D Fall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-730428
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Mack Dunlap Fall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19040499 / O-730428
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

North Killingholme, Immingham, North Lincolnshire DN40, UK 13 March 1944 Crashed Belly Landing out of fuel North Willingholme Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt John L Armstrong, 13-Mar-44. 554FTS 496FTG 8AF.

Crashed

Wroxeter, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5, UK 18 August 1944 Crashed Belly Landing due to Engine Failure Wroxeter Cat 5 damage, pilot 1st Lt Luther J Abel, 18-Aug-44. 552FTS 495FTG 8AF.

Manufactured

Burbank, CA, USA Built at Lockheed Corp.

Delivered

California, USA Delivered to USAAF.

Assigned

King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK Transferred to 554FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Transferred

Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK Transferred War Weary to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date19 Jun 2016 19:28:20
ContributorAl_Skiff
Sources

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42-67490: Gallery (2 items)

Ground personnel and a fire crew attend to the wreck of a P-38 Lightning (DQ-G, serial number 42-67490) of the 495th Fighter Training Group.

Object number: FRE 3235 - Ground personnel and a fire crew attend to the...

The burning wreck of a P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-67490) of the 496th Fighter Training Group.

Object number: FRE 3236 - The burning wreck of a P-38 Lightning (serial...