Lester E Jaklich

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) crashed at Fere Champenoise in P-51 #4413888

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13888

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Angel Puss
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

10 August 1944

Born

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

France 10 August 1944

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7771 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database