Richard E Turner
Military
Steve Blake, "The Pioneer Mustang Group", 2008, pg 230
Object Number - UPL 29745 - Maj Dick Turner 354th FG
Combat pilot, 356th Fighter Squadron, Dec 1943 - 5 Sep 1944.
CO 356th FS Feb 12, 1944 - Oct 2, 1944 & May 20, 1945 - Jun 12, 1945.
11 kills and a V-1 + 7 damaged in the air.
8 or 8.5 aircraft destroyed on the ground.
Author - "Big Friend, Little Friend", "Mustang Pilot".
Assigned aircraft:
P-51B s/n 43-12434 AJ+T "Short-Fuse Sallee"
P-51D s/n 44-13561 AJ+T "Short-Fuse Sallee"
P-51D s/n 44-63673 AJ+T "Short-Fuse"
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Short-Fuse Sallee, Dunquerque
- Unit: 354th Fighter Group 356th Fighter Squadron 369th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Short-Fuse Sallee, Shanty Irishman
- Unit: 356th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Mr Big, Short-Fuse
- Unit: 356th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cricqueville-en-Bessin
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Gael Point-Clos
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Headcorn
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/182126) to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th
