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Carl Merl Gough

Military

media-46322.jpeg UPL 46322 1LT Carl Merl Gough
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th Af

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Object Number - UPL 46322 - 1LT Carl Merl Gough Fighter Pilot 365th FG - 388th FS - 9th Af

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Units served with

Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck of the 365th Fighter Group wearing a flying helmet with devil horns in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Screamin' Weemie". Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'AMERICAN FLYER WEARS "DEVIL'S HELMET" Lieutenant Colonel Louis Houck, 27, commander of a Ninth US Air Force fighter group, waves for contact after donning his "devil's helmet" for a mission against the Nazis. The flyer calls his plane "Screaming' Weemie". Keys

365th Fighter Group

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

Captain Zell Smith Jr. of the 365th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Image via DK Beaumeister, via Zell Smith.

388th Fighter Squadron

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

Places

Aachen

Site type: Airfield

Azeville

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer

Bretigny

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge

Chievres

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Chièvres Air Base

Juvincourt

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Muleshoe, TX	16 September 1924
Enlisted	Dallas, TX	1 February 1943
Other Release From Active Service	Fort Bliss, Texas	5 November 1945
Died	Abilene, Texas	20 April 2002
Buried	Lazbuddie, Texas	23 April 2002	Lazbuddie Cemetery Lazbuddie, Parmer County, Texas, USA

Revisions

Date16 Dec 2020 03:06:20

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Sources

http://hellhawks.org/388_roster.html
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1592295
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/903443:2275?indiv=1&t…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/19215351:60901?indiv=…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1620189:7545?indiv=1&…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54574547/carl-merl-gough
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