Richard C Penrose

Military
media-25973.jpeg UPL 25973 1Lt Dick Penrose 339th FG

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Object Number - UPL 25973 - 1Lt Dick Penrose 339th FG

504th FS 339th FG 1 kill

Flew 104 missions with the 39th FIS in Korea flying F-51Ds.

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Aircraft

Ground personnel winch a crashed P-51 Mustang (5Q-Y) of the 504th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group after a nose landing.

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  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

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  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Beaver Chant
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

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Events

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Born

Oregon 22 January 1923

Other

Aerial Victory

16 August 1944 Shot down one Me-109G-6 piloted by LT. Hubert Buschmann of JG3

Died

Bend, Oregon 15 March 1999

Born

Corvallis, Oregon Attended Oregon State University

Revisions

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Page 95, 339th Fighter Group History, 1st Edition.

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Letter from Richard Penrose to Chris Brassfield, circa 1997

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

Richard C Penrose: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 25973 - 1Lt Dick Penrose 339th FG

339th/504th Pilot Richard C Penrose 11 Jul 44 - CTD 28 Mar 45.

Object number: UPL 61511 - 339th/504th Pilot Richard C Penrose 11 Jul 44 -...