42-76195 Scotty Bill
Photo: USAAF
This photo is of the damage inflicted on the aircraft by fire from an enemy Fw190 on May 11, 1944. The pilot, Lt. Bill Streit, made it safely back to Raydon. Photo was likely taken outside the southern half of Hangar Number 2 (352nd FS section) at Raydon.
See Graham Cross, Jonah's Feet Are Dry -The Experience of the 353rd Fighter Group During World War II (Ipswich, 2011), p. 476-77.
Object Number - UPL 20237 - Lt. Luther Avakian. 352nd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 42-76195 SX-Y "Scotty Bill". Photo shows flak damage to left tailplane/elevator. Lt Avakian was not...
Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission north of Paris, exiting target hit by flak and crashed into ground, exploding. pilot 2nd Lt Luther Avakian KIA. MACR 5504.
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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: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19097281 / O-810286
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-728763
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Le Tréport, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission north of Paris, exiting target hit by flak and crashed into ground, exploding. pilot 2nd Lt Luther Avakian KIA. MACR 5504. |
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Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
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Delivered |
New York, NY, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Corrected attribution of name 'Lucky' and 'The Mole' to this aircraft. It was Lt. Streit's aircraft and named 'Scotty Bill' by him - though Lt. Avakian was lost flying it. For 'Lucky' and 'The Mole' see a/c 42-8396 coded SX-T (Father Bill appears to be a misreading of 'Scotty Bill'
Source: 353rd FG Archive
MACR 5504 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
