John A Kirk III

Military
Left to right: Captain Foy E. Higginbottom, Lieutenant Hubert "Bill" Davis and Lieutenant John A. Kirk, all pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, drink Coca-Cola outside a Nissen hut at Duxford air base. 1943-1945. media-377536.jpg FRE 293 Left to right: Captain Foy E. Higginbottom, Lieutenant Hubert "Bill" Davis and Lieutenant John A. Kirk, all pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, drink Coca-Cola outside a Nissen hut at Duxford air base. 1943-1945. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 293 - Left to right: Captain Foy E. Higginbottom, Lieutenant Hubert "Bill" Davis and Lieutenant John A. Kirk, all pilots of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th...

73 missions with P-47 and P-51. (19-12-44; 19-12-44; 19-03-45; 21-03-45 dates of air shoot downs)



DFC/ AM w/ 15 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ETO w/ 3 Battle Stars



4 Air, 4 Ground

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Aircraft

A crashed P-51 Mustang (HL-C, serial number 44-63620) nicknamed "Small Boy Here" of the 83rd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. Handwritten on reverse: '"Small Boy Here", 78th F.G., 83rd Sqdrn. 463620, 6/5/45.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Small Boy Here
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 29 March 1924

Other

End of War

Other

Promoted

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / self

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