Frederick Wesley Marling
Military
Fighter Pilot
365th FG - 388th FS - 9th AF
Object Number - UPL 46333 - 1LT Frederick Wesley Marling 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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456675.jpg.webp?itok=5tRnsRWh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Bellaire, OH | 22 December 1923 | |
| Bellaire, OH | 30 June 1942 | ||
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
SE of Eitorf, Germany | 2 March 1945 | Hit by 20mm rounds while attacking a German armor column |
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Died |
Columbus, OH | 12 April 2003 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
http://hellhawks.org/388_roster.html
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=2011161…
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland, page 190
