James Foster Graves

Military
media-19972.jpeg UPL 19972 1Lt James F Graves, Campbellsville, KY, 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron. 352nd Fighter Group collection

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Object Number - UPL 19972 - 1Lt James F Graves, Campbellsville, KY, 352nd Fighter Group, 487th Fighter Squadron.

Flew P-51 'Lady Gue'

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Buzz Boy II then Lady Gue
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned to unit

Little Walden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10, UK 27 February 1945 Assigned to 376th Fighter Squadron

Other

Promoted

Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK 28 April 1945 Commissioned to 2nd Lt.

Other

Promoted

Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK 27 May 1945 Promoted from 2nd Lt to 1st Lt.

Revisions

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ContributorPyker
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Corrected Summary biography from "Lady Gus" to "Lady Gue".

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate entries. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / record history
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Edits by Brent Miller using U.S. Select Military Registers

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ContributorPyker
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Noted duplicates and ratified to this entry.

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Contributormillebr
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U.S., Select Military Registers

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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