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43-24800 Miss Max

media-29780.jpeg UPL 29780 Nice in-flight shot of a section from the 503rd Fighter Squadron taken from the waist gunner’s position of a B-17. Aircraft seen are, from rear to foreground: P-51B 43-24800 D7-O "Miss Max" of Lt. Ethelbert H Graham Jr. P-51D 44-14065 D7-M "Sally II" of Lt. John R Byers P-51D 44-13980 D7-Z "Shy Ann" of Lt. Jerry P Bush Jr and P-51D 44-13629 D7-F "Dee" of Capt. Clarence W Knott.

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Object Number - UPL 29780 - Nice in-flight shot of a section from the 503rd Fighter Squadron taken from the waist gunner’s position of a B-17. Aircraft seen are, from rear to...

Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

339th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

503rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Charles Sherwood Coe

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 339th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 11122344 / O-822164
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Four United States Army Air Force officers standing in front of a Nissen hut. Handwritten on slide: "Paul Fickel, Bernie Allen, Anthony Hawkins, Ethelbert Graham 503FS Fowlmere James G. Robinson"

Ethelbert H Graham

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-689762
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Fowlmere

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK	22 September 1944	Landing Accident Fowlmere/Sta 378 Cat 5 damage Lt Charles S Coe, 22-Sep-44. P-51B 43-24800 - 503FS 339FG 8AF
Manufactured	Inglewood, CA, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	Edwards AFB, CA, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK		Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.