John L McGinn

Military
P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie" media-388282.jpg FRE 5338 P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Taken on 23 March 45 by Edward Richie. Information from Mark Richie: "The 65th Fighter Wing had a meeting of all Group COs at Debden about the up coming Rhine River crossing operations. Pretty neat shots. Roger [Freeman] and I puzzled over the NMF C model with the Malcolm hood. D models were in all groups by then so finding a "new" C model with and Malcolm hood is kind of odd. No serial numbers show in rear view. Possible it is a photo recon kite. Tower logs for the day do not inventory individual a/c that attended. Pretty day . . ." Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie" Nearest P-51D, CL-P, 44-72296 "Da' Quake", Lt Col John 'Earthquake' McGinn, 338th FS, 55th FG, 8th AF. Furthest P-51D PI-Z, 44-15069, 'Judy/Audrey 3rd', Maj Michael P Yannell, 360th FS, 365th FG, 8th AF. [littlefreinds.co.uk] Roger Freeman Collection

Corrected typo of 365th Fighter Group to read 356th FG and updated associations to reflect.

Object Number - FRE 5338 - P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Taken on 23 March 45...

Lt Col. John L. McGinn became Commanding Officer of the 338th Fighter Squadron of the 55th Fighter Group.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14291

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: DaQuake
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

44-14730

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Da Quake

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minnesota, United States 31 December 1917

Enlisted

Fort McArthur, San Pedro, California, United States 15 October 1940 as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps

Died

Los Angeles, California, United States 9 March 2000

Born

Long Beach, California, United States

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "S/N" field to aid readability.

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
Social Security Death Index
www.station131.co.uk

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster

John L McGinn: Gallery (1 items)

P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie"

Object number: FRE 5338 - P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and...