43-6503 Honey Baby
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 3241 - A crashed P-51 Mustang (C7-Y, serial number 43-6503) of the 555th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group. Handwritten caption on...
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Written off after Mid Air Collision 26-Jul-44.
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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
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082440 / O-803433
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732299
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK | 11 April 1944 | Take Off Accident Bodney/Sta 141 Cat 4 damage Lt Ernest B McMahan, 11-Apr-44. P-51B 43-6503 - 487FS 352FG 8AF |
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Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 26 July 1944 | Belly Landing due to Mid Air Collision Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 5 damage Lt Denis J Alison, 26-Jul-44. P-51B 43-6503 - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF |
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Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | Built at North American. | |
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Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Bodney, Thetford IP26 5BX, UK | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | Transferred to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. |
