Mark Kauffman Shipman
Military
Object Number - FRE 155 - Lieutenant-Colonel Mark K. Shipman of the 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, beside a P-38 Lightning.
Flew 53 prior P-38 missions in North Africa with the 14th Fighter Group. Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 46 missions. Transferred to 12th RCD.
Awards: SS, DFC (3OLC), WWI Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Depot
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
![Airmen of the 14th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force work on a P-38 Lightning in Gibraltar. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 26 Nov 1942'[stamp], '235287.'[censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'AFNA-ZEI-42-1745, Nov 10 42. US fighter plane on air-drome somewhere in Mediterranian theater of war'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456769.jpg.webp?itok=5hCocB1c)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Skylark IV
- Unit: 1st Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 27th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Nicknames: Skylark V
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fresno County, CA, USA | 23 June 1920 | Son of Waldo and Sarah Maude [Kauffman] Shipman. |
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Died |
Newberg, OR | 4 December 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
3601 S Gaffey St, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA | 29 April 1941 | Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California |
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Other E/A Destroyed [1.5] |
26556 Westerholt, Germany | 5 November 1943 | 1 1/2 Me-109 destroyed (air). |
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Other E/A Probable [.5] |
Winterswijk, Netherlands | 5 November 1943 | 1/2 Me-109 probable (air) |
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Other E/A Damaged |
25704 Meldorf, Germany | 5 January 1944 | Me-109 damaged (air). |
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Other E/A Probable |
Venlo, Netherlands | 31 January 1944 | Me-109 probable (air). |
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Other E/A Damaged |
Augsburg, Germany | 25 February 1944 | Me-410 damaged (air). |
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Based |
Wormingford | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Based |
Wormingford | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster
