Richard V Douglas

Military
media-19122.jpeg UPL 19122 (L) Capt Victor J "Vic" France, [Dallas, TX] 334th Fighter Squadron, ex 71 "Eagle" Squadron (R) Lt Richard V "Dick" Douglas, [Dallas, TX] 334th Fighter Squadron. Vic France’s P-47C 41-6414 QP-K “Miss Dallas” seen in the background.

Object Number - UPL 19122 - (L) Capt Victor J "Vic" France, [Dallas, TX] 334th Fighter Squadron, ex 71 "Eagle" Squadron (R) Lt Richard V "Dick" Douglas, [Dallas, TX] 334th...

9 April 1943 landing gear on P-47 42-29505 retracted on landing. Douglas was safe.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
4th Fighter Group personnel beside P-47 Thunderbolt "Ill Wind?" at Debden, January 1944. The pilot of the aircraft was Captain Nicholas Megura of the 334th Fighter Squadron.
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Ill Wind? Old Red Ass
  • Unit: 366th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Fighter Squadron 389th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 373rd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 411th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 52nd Fighter Group 109th Observation Squadron

Revisions

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th and 9ths AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 102 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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