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Donald R Gifford

Military

DFC/ AM w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress overflying an airfield runway, upon which are parked a line of P-51 Mustang aircraft, of the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Handwritten on slide:"343 FS 390 BG B-17 CY:W nearest 2-69"

343rd Fighter Squadron

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

The insignia of the 55th Fighter Group.

55th Fighter Group

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

Aircraft

44-14130

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Miss Fern Ann
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Elk City, Nebraska	8 March 1924

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:40

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self