42-68107
Updated a/c and loss information
Object Number - FRE 2451 - A crashed P-38 Lightning (CL-X_) of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Likely P-38J-10-LO, s/n 42-68107 that was written off in a crash...
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36112790 / O-748896
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 18 April 1944 | Crash Landing Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 5 damage Lt Chester A Biedul, 18-Apr-44. P-38J 42-68107 - 338FS 55FG 8AF |
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Manufactured |
Burbank, CA, USA | Built at Lockheed. | |
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Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |