Bernard H Karl

Military
Lt. Kenneth S Williams, 486th Fighter Squadron UPL 82555 UPL 82555 Lt. Kenneth S Williams, Wilkes Barre, PA, 486thFS. Flew P-51B 43-7185 PZ-K(bar) ‘Joe and Belle’ of Lt. Bernard H Karl on the Frantic II shuttle mission. Photographed here on his return to Bodney. 352nd Fighter Group collection

From 352nd FG files

352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 43-7185 Bodney Kenneth S Williams Bernard H Karl On

Object Number - UPL 82555 - Lt. Kenneth S Williams, Wilkes Barre, PA, 486thFS. Flew P-51B 43-7185 PZ-K(bar) ‘Joe and Belle’ of Lt. Bernard H Karl on the Frantic II shuttle...

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Aircraft

A battled damaged P-51 Mustang (PZ-S) of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group in a hangar at Bodney.

43-6500

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Lt. Kenneth S Williams, 486th Fighter Squadron

43-7185

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Joe and Belle
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bodney airfield, looking south east, the barrack sites are in the top centre of the image, 8 June 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/369. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bodney

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney

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Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Bernard H Karl: Gallery (2 items)

Lt. Kenneth S Williams, 486th Fighter Squadron

Object number: UPL 82555 - Lt. Kenneth S Williams, Wilkes Barre, PA, 486thFS...

P-51B 43-7185 and Lt. Bernard Karl 486th Fighter Squadron

Object number: UPL 82566 - Lt. Bernard H Karl, Buffalo, NY, 486th FS, and his...