44-73155 My Achin Back

A P-51 Mustang nicknamed "My Achin' Back" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, at Debden. A member of the ground crew is standing alongside the aircraft. Handwritten on slide:"P-51D 4731?5 QP 4th FGp Debden 1945 Hendel via Davis" media-388250.jpg FRE 5312 A P-51 Mustang nicknamed "My Achin' Back" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, at Debden. A member of the ground crew is standing alongside the aircraft. Handwritten on slide:"P-51D 4731?5 QP 4th FGp Debden 1945 Hendel via Davis" Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5312 - A P-51 Mustang nicknamed "My Achin' Back" of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group, at Debden. A member of the ground crew is standing...

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Returned to the Z.I. during Fall 1945 and later (April 1947) assigned to the 165th FS KY ANG; selected for transfer to the Korean War theatre and eventually transferred to the ROKAF (Korean AF); lost in a flying accident 17th May 1953.

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Units served with

People

Philo M Burney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 10th Air Depot Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18177052 / O-720773
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

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Removed all reference to "Ole VII" and 355th FG, 358FS as this relates to 44-73165 not 44-73155

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Listed under 4th Fighter Group aircraft at Little Friends

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