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P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Taken on 23 March 45 by Edward Richie. Information from Mark Richie: "The 65th Fighter Wing had a meeting of all Group COs at Debden about the up coming Rhine River crossing operations. Pretty neat shots. Roger [Freeman] and I puzzled over the NMF C model with the Malcolm hood. D models were in all groups by then so finding a "new" C model with and Malcolm hood is kind of odd. No serial numbers show in rear view. Possible it is a photo recon kite. Tower logs for the day do not inventory individual a/c that attended. Pretty day . . ." Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie" Nearest P-51D, CL-P, 44-72296 "Da' Quake", Lt Col John 'Earthquake' McGinn, 338th FS, 55th FG, 8th AF. Furthest P-51D PI-Z, 44-15069, 'Judy/Audrey 3rd', Maj Michael P Yannell, 360th FS, 365th FG, 8th AF. [littlefreinds.co.uk]

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P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
  • Service Numbers: 19049538 / O-398322
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 864th Air Engineering Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Warrant Officer (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Shop Superintendent (Aviation)
P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046584 / 117890 / O-791180
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie"
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Judy/ Audrey 3rd
  • Unit: 365th Fighter Group 360th Fighter Squadron
P-51 Mustangs of the 55th Fighter Group and nicknamed "Judy" of the 4th Fighter Group with a UC-63 utility aircraft at Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"UC-64 CL:P & PI:Z Debden 3/45 Ed Richie"
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron

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ContributorLucy May
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Added information to the caption as received by Ed Richie's son Mark Richie, VP, Association of the 4th Fighter group WWII http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/

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ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations, person associations and aircraft associations
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Roger Freeman Photo / littlefreinds.co.uk

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ContributorPyker
ChangesChanges to unit associations
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Corrected typo of 365th Fighter Group to read 356th FG and updated associations to reflect.

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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection