FRE 2421
IMAGEFirst Lieutenant Millard of the 55th Fighter Group shows Captain Donald E. Penn a flak hole in his flight jacket from the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Printed caption on reverse: 'USSTAF Photo - 8th AF. Pro-HQ'45. 247. OWI Release. "Nuts To The Nazis" - quips 1st Lt. Millard V. Anderson, 1616 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, Va., in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang, as he laughingly shows the frayed holes caused by flak fragments as he swept over a Nazi airdrome to shoot up a Focke Wulf 190 on the ground, just shortly after he had sent a twin-jet Messerschmitt 262 screaming out of the air. With him is Capt. Donald E. Penn, of Superior, Ariz., whose squadron - a unit of the Third Air Division's 55th Fighter Group - set a new Eighth Air Force record by getting seven "jet-jobs" in one day. Certified as having been passed by SHAEF Censor No. 40.' On reverse: 'Sacred' [Stamp].
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-026278
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746167
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot