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A P-51 Mustang (L2-O) nicknamed "Boomerang Jr" of the of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight.

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A P-51 Mustang (L2-O) nicknamed "Boomerang Jr" of the of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group in flight.

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Units

The insignia of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group.

434th Fighter Squadron

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

The insignia of the 479th Fighter Group.

479th Fighter Group

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

Aircraft

P-51 Mustang (L2-L, serial number 44-14423) nicknamed "Kraut Knocker" of the 479th Fighter Group flown by Lt. Robert Bromschwig.

44-14423

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Kraut Knocker Boomerang Jr.
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron

Locations

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

Wattisham

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

Contributor466thHistorian

Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/479thfg.php?action=list_records&recs=50&…

Date: 2 Feb 2015 10:00:02

ContributorAAM

Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection