42-8438 Dizzy Miss/Mortician's Delight
Pilot - Neal Worley on the left
365th Fighter Group - 387th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
corrected group connection
Object Number - UPL 46467 - P-47D-5-RE #42-8438 "Mortician's Delight" Code: B4-W Pilot - Neal Worley on the left 365th Fighter Group - 387th Fighter Squadron - 9th AF
Assigned to 357FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Flown by Lt Vernon A Burroughs. Transferred to 387FS, 365FG, 9AF USAAF.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 357th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795906
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 387th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Crashed |
Saint-Dizier, France | 19 April 1945 | Crashed Belly Landing Mechanical Failure St Dizier/A-64 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Neal E Worley, 19-Apr-45. 387FS 365FG 9AF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to unit associations
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to nicknames, markings and place associations
Sources
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland, page 292
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesCreated entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations
