Paul S Dripps
Military
JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 38268 - 1Lt Paul Dripps 343rd FS
Flight leader 343rd FS July 1943 - Feb 1945
2 combat tours 380 combat hours
P-38H/P-38J 51 combat missions P-51D 43 combat missions
1 HE-111 destroyed ground + 2 HE-111 damaged ground + 1 ME-109 damaged air
P-38J CY+P
P-51D s/n 44-14348 CY+P
Crew Chief TSgt Glen Cox
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Lady Val
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Morris, Minnesota | 12 September 1922 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / WWW.55th.org roster / self
