44-15745 Heavenly Body
Object Number - UPL 26433 - 1st Lt Walter E Bourque [ Detroit, MI ]. 82nd Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-15745 MX-T.
Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of 1st Lt Larry W Nelson. Re-assigned to 1st Lt Walter N Bourque.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18007172
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2059215
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18060813
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Asst Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armourer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Missions
- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Osnabrück, Germany | 19 March 1945 | Me109 destroyed, 19-Mar-45, Osnabrück, Germany. 1Lt Walter E Bourque. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Giebelstadt, Germany | 21 March 1945 | Me262 destroyed, 21-Mar-45, Giebelstadt, Germany. 1Lt Walter E Bourque. |
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Other E/A Destroyed [Ground] |
14542 Werder, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Destroyed Me109 on the ground at Werder airfield. 1Lt Walter E Bourque. |
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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 |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QR, UK | Assigned to 82FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
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Aces of the 78th Fighter Group By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=44-15745&Submit=Sear…
Aces of the 78th Fighter Group By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
