42-75392 Spunky
Object Number - UPL 21845 - P-47D 42-75392 'Spunky' 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot 1st Lt Robert E Daw Jr KIA.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Robert J Messenger. Transferred to 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine pilot Lt Robert E Daws Jr bellied in successfully nr Benonchamps, Luxembourg a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 362nd Fighter Group 377th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18226954 / O-763855
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885173
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Benonchamps, 6600 Bastogne, Belgium | 30 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR), strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine pilot Lt Robert E Daws Jr bellied in successfully nr Benonchamps, Luxembourg a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44. |
Revisions
MACR 11547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database