42-67825 Texas Ranger IV

Object Number - UPL 19691 - Lockheed P-38J Lightning 42-67825 'Texas Ranger IV' CG-J.

Shot down, flak hit, crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44. MACR 3620.

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Units served with

People

Pilots and crew of the 55th Fighter Group, stand with J. Frank Dobie, a well-known Texan writer, in front of P-38J Lightning named "Texas Ranger" at Nuthampstead air base. Left to right they are: Captain Gerald F. Leinweber, J. Frank Dobie, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack S. Jenkins, Major Dallas W. Webb and Technical Sergeant Carl R. Causey.

Carl R Causey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6255403
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Colonel Jack S. Jenkins of the 55th Fighter Group by the nose of his P-38 Lightning, named "Texas Ranger". Handwritten on slide:"K 1167"

Jack Simmons Jenkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (55th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-022606
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
A pipe-smoking member of ground crew of the 55th Fighter Group, wearing an apron for carrying hand tools. Handwritten on slide:"1-32"

Robert T Sand

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39171056
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Propeller Specialist

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Coulommiers, France 10 April 1944 - 10 April 1944 Shot down, flak hit, crashed near Coulommiers on 10 Apr 44. MACR 3680.

Revisions

Date28 Dec 2015 21:24:24
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to production block number, nicknames, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

AAM DB Entry.
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-67825+
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=67825

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:01
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 3620 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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