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P-51 Mustangs including (serial number 43-6656) and (serial number 43-6959) at Speke, Liverpool for delivery to US Army Air Force Groups. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Assembled P-51Bs of an early shipment at Speke a/d, winter 43-44.'
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from Ramrod to Merseburg, section turned to engage 50+ enemy fighters, not seen after engagement, shot down near Wolfsbehringen. 11-Sep-44. Pilot Lt Paul S Iden Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8985.
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG 8AF. On 28 February 1944, this aircraft flicked over from torque while landing, killing its pilot, Lt. Robert B Frazer. While returning from a local flight in Mustang QP-N (43-6656), an eye witness saw as Fraser was “making a...
Military site : non-airfield
A depot for materiel shipped from the United States - known as an 'Intransit Depot'.
Exact location unknown.
Military site : airfield
Speke served as a reception centre for the assembly of Lockheed aircraft types from USA 1938-44, and as despatch centre for the return from UK of Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force fighters in 1945. The current runway for the Liverpool John Lennon...
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 February 2015 10:00:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection |
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