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Russell J Liebfarth

Military

Crashed on landing on the return from a camera gun-training flight on 1 Mar 1944 in P-47D 42-75399. RTD.

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

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

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

43-6509

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Cile II / Luck of the Irish Old Reliable
Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Revisions

Date9 Aug 2019 14:16:07

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Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:48

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces