Stanley R Pidduck Jr

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media-22893.jpeg UPL 22893 Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944.

Rear row - Earl C. Main, Joseph C. McDonald, Charles O.Durant, John F. Starr, Arthur C. Bergeron, Lt Bayard C. Auchincloss, Joseph B. Brooks, Chauncy Rowan, William W. Hargus, John H. Winder, James E. Murray, Harold P. Paslay.
Middle row - Gerald P. Devine, Abel H. Garey, Robert E. Fortier, Charles W. Dinse, Major William J. Price, Joseph F. Furness, Lt Goffred F. Moretto, Capt Wayne K. Blickenstaff, Robert S. Hart, John A. Sullivan.
Front row - Major Dewey E. Newhart, unknown mascot, Maj. Stanley R. Pidduck,
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47828-69067AC.

Object Number - UPL 22893 - Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row -...

Born on the 31st July 1914, Stanley R. Pidduck, Jr. was the son of Stanley Roberts Pidduck and Elizabeth Mary Gill. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corp during World War II, spending 19 months in Europe as a P-47 and P-51 pilot, reaching the rank of Lt. Col. Sadly Stanley was killed when he crashed his own airplane in Riverside county on the 4th April 1961. He was never married. He was CO of 350th Squadron in 1944.

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A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
A P-47 Thunderbolt (LH-T, serial number 42-74665) nicknamed "Fatty Patty II" of the 353rd Fighter Group flown by Captain Charles W Dinse shoots down a BF 110 during a mission. Gun camera image. Printed caption on reverse: '50416 AC - Discovering an Me 110 below him, Capt. Charles W. Dinsa, 304 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, Ill., dove down and destroyed it. The pictures were taken by his automatic camera as his bullets found their mark. Credit for the kill was shared with Lt. Richard A. Stearns, Jr., 102 Forest
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-665391
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732196
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789309
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-793503
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Jonah's Feet are Dry

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https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/350th-fs/
Cross, Graham E. (2001). Jonah's Feet are Dry: The Experience of the 353rd Fighter Group During WWII. Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK: Thunderbolt Publishing. ISBN 0-9541164-0-2.

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Cross, Graham E. (2001). Jonah's Feet are Dry: The Experience of the 353rd Fighter Group During WWII. Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK: Thunderbolt Publishing. ISBN 0-9541164-0-2.

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https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/350th-fs/
Cross, Graham E. (2001). Jonah's Feet are Dry: The Experience of the 353rd Fighter Group During WWII. Hadleigh, Suffolk, UK: Thunderbolt Publishing. ISBN 0-9541164-0-2.

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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