42-8441 Sweat
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod. Hit by flak during a strafing run. Crashed Achmer airfield, Germany on 8-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-8441. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3055.
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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: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796222
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
Places
![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 |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Achmer, 49565 Bramsche, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod. Hit by flak during a strafing run. Crashed Achmer airfield, Germany on 8-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-8441. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 3055. |
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Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
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Delivered |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |