Raymond T Conlin

Military

Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. 71 x missions, 270 x hrs combat, flight leader. Credited with 1 x kill. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Awards: DFC, AM(4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

357th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

362nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

43-6710

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Miss Marvel
Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

44-13316

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Nooky Booky II / Olivia de H
Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Leiston

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Akron, Ohio	13 April 1920
Enlisted	Detroit, MI, USA	25 July 1942
Based	Leiston	29 April 1944 - 19 October 1944	Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other Crashed	Brussels, Belgium	5 October 1944	Belly landed P-51B 43-6710 Brussels 5-Oct-44 - Lt Raymond T Conlin.
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK	19 October 1944	Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died	Riverside, CA, USA	12 March 2012
Other Promotion	Leiston IP16, UK		Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
Other Promotion	Leiston IP16, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Buried	22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92518, USA		Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Revisions

Date6 Jul 2018 12:19:06

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/84408774-raymond-t-conlin
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128126634/raymond-t-conlin

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:14

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self