Philip Morris Algar
Military
Object Number - UPL 22512 - Capt Philip M Algar (ex 384th BG). Detached to 1st Scouting force.
Flew 25 combat missions with the 384th bombardment Group from 22-Jun-43 to 4-Mar-44. Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF flying Elint Droopsnoot P-38 lightning [gathering Electronic Intelligence].
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), PH (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 492nd Bomb Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 801st Bomb Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 36th Bomb Squadron 857th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Weepin Deacon II / Eaglebeak
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
Missions
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 9 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Modesto, CA | 22 November 1916 | Son of Jennie J Algar. |
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Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 22 June 1943 - 4 March 1944 | Assigned to the 384 Bombardment Group,546th Bombardment Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Flew on the first 384th Bombardment Group bombing mission on 22 June 1943. |
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Other Detached Service (DS) |
Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 4 March 1944 - 21 September 1944 | Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. |
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Other Crashed |
Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 June 1945 | Crashed Belly Landing Alconbury/Sta 102 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Philip M Algar, 25-6-45. P-38 42-28479 - 857BS 492BG 8AF |
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Died |
Santa Rosa, CA, USA | 10 April 1996 |
Revisions
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=75
2015-08-05 – Consolidated with information about Phil M. Algar from: Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / nephew, John P. Algar, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…