43-6824 Parker 51
Sitting on PARKER 51: P51B 43-6824 G4-F
362nd Fighter Squadron; 357th Fighter Group
Object Number - UPL 5631 - From L-R the photo shows assistant crew chief, S/Sgt. Robert Hall; armorer, Ernest Huckleberry; Capt. Maurice Baker and crew chief S/Sgt. Arthur...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17042783 / O-730333
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Revisions
P51, serial number 43-6824. It was a P-51B-5-NA. (NA indicates it was built at the parent North American plant at Long Beach California).
It was delivered at the factory, to USAAF, on 26 November 1943. Two days later it was transferred to the Daggett Modification Center (200 miles from Long Beach), and left there on the 7th January 1944, for Newark NJ, departing there by sea on the 14th.
It arrived in England and was assigned to the 8th air force on 28th January 1944. After assembly and testing, it was ferried from the big depots in Northern England, down to Leiston and the 357th Fighter Group. It survived the war and went to Germany at the end of the fighting where it was salvaged for non-battle damage on the 18th January 1945.
Source Merle Olmsted
