Stanley P Richardson Jr

Military

Fighter pilot in P-38s and P-51s. Also served in Korea with the 5th AF flying F-80s and F-86s. Total flying hours at retirement was 29,750+. 3 March 1944 on first mission to Berlin was one of first P-38 pilots to fly over wartime Berlin. Mission was scrubbed due to poor weather but his group missed the recall. His group of 16 P-38's under Col. Jack Jenkins continued on to Berlin.



DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 12 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-13743) nicknamed "Skippy"of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group, damaged in a taxying accident, 13 April 1945. Official caption on image: "(GAD-629-6-55) (13-4-45) (#44-13743-Taxi Accident) (Rest)."

44-13743

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Skippy
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron

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Born

Trenton, New Jersey 20 March 1923

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