Philip Harold Dunn
Military
JCook Photo Collection & Archives
Object Number - UPL 28956 - Capt Phillip Dunn 4th FG
Flight leader 336th FS 4th FG
MIA/POW - Ran low on fuel and crashed SW of Biarritz, France on bomber support mission on 3 Mar 1944 after downing HE-111 in P-51B 43-6903. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3050.
Held at Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany.
Died while on active duty USAF May 29, 1955.
P-47D s/n 42-7933 VF+Y "Miss Skippy"
P-51B s/n 43-6846 VF+Y
P-51B s/n 43-6903 VF+N (of Capt. Raphael)
Connections
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vancouver, Washington | 4 September 1912 | Son of Cora Isabelle and George Albert Dunn. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 3 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Crash landed |
Southern France | 3 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) target support mission to Berlin. Tangling with superior numbers of enemy fighters at Wittenburg. Limping home alone with a flakey engine he caught site of an enemy bomber as he neared the Channel. Chose to attack and shoot down the He111. Now, low on fuel, he attempted to make the Spanish border but crashed just inside of occupied France. Lt Dunn POW. 3-Mar-44. MACR 3050. |
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Died |
Randolph AFB, TX 78148, USA | 29 May 1955 | |
| Vancouver, Washington, USA | |||
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 3 March 1944 | Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Portland, OR | Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland Multnomah County Oregon, USA. |
Revisions
Added serial # of Dunn's assigned P-51B VF-Y. He was flying Raphael's VF-N at the time of his loss.
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 3050;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3050 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
