Watson R Gabriel

Military
Bill Davis and a pilot of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bill Davis on right.' media-401517.jpg FRE 2773 Bill Davis and another pilot of the 78th Fighter Group, stand in the snow beside a P-51K Mustang, serial number 44-11625, coded HL-M of 83rd Fighter Squadron, in the winter of 1944-1945. This Mustang was assigned to Capt. Foy E Higginbottom, from receipt at Duxford until he completed his final mission in it on 11th April 1945. It was subsequently reassigned to Lt. Watson R Gabriel and finally salvaged on 21st September 1945.
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bill Davis on right.' Roger Freeman Collection

Updated caption to identify P-51 and made additional connections. Now required to add a/c serial to database and update Gabriel's entry to show transfer from 78th to 357th FG.

Object Number - FRE 2773 - Bill Davis and another pilot of the 78th Fighter Group, stand in the snow beside a P-51K Mustang, serial number 44-11625, coded HL-M of 83rd Fighter...

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Bill Davis and a pilot of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bill Davis on right.'

44-11625

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Bill Davis and a pilot of the 78th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bill Davis on right.'

Object number: FRE 2773 - Bill Davis and another pilot of the 78th Fighter...