UPL 20765
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1 January 1945: "Clobber College" at Raydon dubiously celebrates the New Year with a 2-ship taxi accident. Veteran CAPT Gordon S. Burlingame of the 352nd Ftr Sq, 353rd FG at the controls of a war-weary P-51B (serial 43-6800, coded SX-2) led LT Richard E. Hahn in another P-51B (43-6876, coded SX-5). Hahn apparently overran Burlingame, resulting in the damage here. Both aircraft were repaired; Hahn became a POW on 19 March while flying P-51D 44-14631, coded SX-U (MACR 13156). NARA Ref 342-FH-3A05673-69595AC.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Penny
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 359th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 352nd Fighter Squadron 368th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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