Frederick Klein | American Air Museum

Frederick Klein Jr

Military

Left New York 4 Apr 1945 on Ile de France. Landed at Glasglow and went to Stone, England. Assigned to 339th FG, 66th FW on 14 April 1945. Sep 1945 assigned to 3rd AD, 339th FG, 504th FS. Flew P-51. Discharged on 1 Dec 1945. Assigned to AAF Reserve, discharged on 21 Apr 1959.

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Units served with

Captain George Hrico, Captain Evan M "Johnny" Johnson, Major Archie A Tower and Lieutenant Richard E Krauss of the 339th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang (6N-W, serial number 44-14705) nicknamed "Boomerang". Image via James G Robinson. Written on slide casing: 'Cpt Hrico, Johnson, Tower & Krauss, 505 FS, Archie Tower.'

339th Fighter Group

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

A pilot and ground crewman of the 339th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang (5Q-O, serial number 44-15499) nicknamed "Punkie II".

504th Fighter Squadron

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

An officer of the 352nd Fighter Group, who holds the rank of Lieutenant. Identity unknown.

Headquarters (339th Fighter Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Buffalo, New York	14 June 1924
Died		3 September 2006

Revisions

Date17 Jul 2019 13:17:54

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:27

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

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