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Major Walker M Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group and Major Walter Beckham of the 353rd Fighter Group examine an aerial gunnery training device. 1944. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'March 1944. Majors Walker M. Mahurin (left), 56th Fighter Group, and Walter Beckham, 353rd Fighter Group - at the time they were running neck and neck for the top ranking ETO scoring, 21 vs 20 ea shot down. "Looking at a device used in aerial gunnery training".'
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Major Walker M Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group and Major Walter Beckham of the 353rd Fighter Group examine an aerial gunnery training device. 1944. Colonel Hubert Zemke (56th Fighter Group) has handwritten on the reverse: 'March 1944. Majors Walker M. Mahurin (left), 56th Fighter Group, and Walter Beckham, 353rd Fighter Group - at the time they were running neck and neck for the top ranking ETO scoring, 21 vs 20 ea shot down. "Looking at a device used in aerial gunnery training".'

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Ace pilot Major Walter C. Beckham of the 351st Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (YJ-X, serial number 42-8476), named "Little Demon". Beckham was flying this aircraft when he failed to return from a mission to Germany on 22 February 1944. He was held as a prisoner of war until the end of war in Europe.

Walter Carl Beckham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14013487 / O-430771
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
Walker Mahurin, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, in the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt.

Walker Melville Mahurin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15081882 at enlistment, then O-659316
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection