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44-13715 Little Lady

44-13715 P-51D 55 KI-K "Little Lady".

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

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

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

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

People

Schuyler A Baker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group Headquarters Squadron (20th Fighter Group) 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 14075336 / O-670331
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot; Assistant Group Air Inspector

Harley Lee Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-710650
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

John Kenan Brown

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18036511 / O-670345
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Horace B Bynum

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 18076304 / O-756476
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Donald Earnest Chrissinger

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 17029483 / O-805570
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

Missions

687FB

Date: 24 October 1944
Official Description:

8th Air Force 670 FE

Date: 9 October 1944

8th Air Force 669FE

Date: 7 October 1944

8th Air Force 665FE

Date: 5 October 1944

8th Air Force 662FE

Date: 3 October 1944

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

9 November 1944

Revisions

Date7 Jul 2021 17:02:56

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/ : research by Peter Randall.

Date27 May 2017 07:39:56

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JCook Photo Collection &Archives

Date27 May 2017 07:39:31

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JCook Photo Collection &Archives

Date27 May 2017 03:43:02

Contributor466thHistorian

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/20thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&s…

Date27 May 2017 03:02:56

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JCook Archives

Date27 May 2017 03:00:53

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JCook Archives

Date1 Aug 2016 00:37:18

Contributor466thHistorian

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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/20thfg.php

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:43

ContributorAAM

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Sources

MACR 10442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database