James Luther McWhorter
Military
L-R: Capt Paul A Van Cleef - Salina, KS, 1st Lt Thomas Manjak - Ambridge, PA, 1st Lt James L McWhorter - Sanford, FL, 2nd Lt Sherman E Price - Caplinger Mills, MO, 1st Lt John W Wise - Prosser, WA, 1st Lt. Robert C Thoman in cockpit. All are members of 365FG.
Object Number - UPL 36293 - 1st Lt. Robert C. Thoman, Rochester, NY, who recently shot down an Me-109, examines the cockpit of a similar enemy plane at a former Luftwaffe field...
Flew 83 Combat Missions
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Haulin Ass
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Fontanay-Sur-Mer
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brétigny-sur-Orge
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
5 May 1920 | ||
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Born |
16 February 1942 | 310 East 7th Street Worked for Standard Oil | |
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Died |
22 October 2008 |
Revisions
In the Photo, Lt. James L. McWhorter of the 365th FG / 386th FS..is top / center.
I see that the historian for the 466th Bomb Group had added an edit to the page. Unless known..I find it both remarkable and one-in-a-million chance that two men are tied together in this one post. James L. McWhorter..was the Brother-In-Law to Ernest H. (Harold) Ratliff of the 466th BG / 585th SQ., where he serves as a Tail Gunner in the Greiner Crew who went down on March 2, 1945 in Germany..w/ Harold and three others going down in the B-24 on their very first Mission...
This information is being posted by Stephen D. Mcwhorter, Nephew to James L. McWhorter and as well Ernest H. Ratliff, an Uncle I never met...
