David Lamar Mauldin

Military
media-38178.png UPL 38178 David Lamar Mauldin, 61st Squadron, 56th Fighter Group

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Object Number - UPL 38178 - David Lamar Mauldin, 61st Squadron, 56th Fighter Group

Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

First Lieutenant Frank E. Oiler of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group with his P-47 Thunderbolt (WZ-S, serial number 42-75429) nicknamed "Eileen", May 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1/Lt. Frank E. Oiler, 84FS, 1944, May. Source - Frank Oiler.'

42-75429

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Eileen
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
The wreck ofa P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Suffolk, 13 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th FG, 61st FS, P-47M, 44-21115, HV:Q. Crashed March 13th 1945, Suffolk.'

44-21115

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Up Stairs with Mauldin
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maudlowe, TX 15 March 1923 Son of Leola M and Alney L Mauldin.

Enlisted

30 July 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

31 August 1966 Honourable discharge.

Died

Rancho Cordova, CA 3 February 2000

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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