Robert Harold Berkshire
Military
As the 487th converted to Mustangs in the first weeks of April, she was transferred sans nose art to the 328th FS, renamed 'Desiree Y' PE+V. On April 9th, the Thunderbolt was lost on a mission with the much-beloved Lt. Fredrick A. "Pappy" Yochim at the controls. ("Miss Behave" data via 355th historian Bill Marshall).
Corrected caption using information available on Little Friends http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
Object Number - UPL 34000 - "Miss Behave" was reassigned to the 487th FS on 11 March 1944 after successfully completing 30 missions under the control of 355th FG pilot Henry...
Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Crash landed at RAF sation Manston, Kent on 11-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-22515 and was injured. Returned to Duty (RTD). Crashed near Noyon on 27-Jun-44 in P-51 43-7167 Evaded (EVD).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Brutal Lulu
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Miss Behave, Lil Lo, Desiree Y
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Squadron
![A two- seat P-51 Mustang (WZ-S_, serial number 43-6953, "War Weary") used as a hack plane by the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. Handwritten on reverse: 'Quite Obvious, 2 seater P-51. Stoker [sp?] said this fabrication was a real challenge. Something about removing a gas tank, etc. etc. etc.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408026.jpg.webp?itok=CeJMqyJI)
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Brutal Lulu
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
California, USA | 16 April 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 10 March 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
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Other Crashed |
Manston, Ramsgate CT12, UK | 11 March 1944 | Crash landed at RAF Manston, Kent on 11-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-25515 and was injured. Returned to Duty (RTD). |
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Other Crashed |
10 April 1944 | Take Off Accident Bodney/Sta 141 Cat 3 damage 1Lt Robert H Berkshire, 10-Apr-44. P-51B7 43-6593 - 487FS 352FG 8AF. | |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
60400 Noyon, France | 27 June 1944 | Crashed near Noyon on 27-Jun-44 in P-51 43-7167 Evaded (EVD). |
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Other Promotion |
Bodney, Thetford IP26, UK | 4 July 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Died |
Dallas, TX, USA | 14 March 1977 | |
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Buried |
Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum DallasDallas CountyTX | 16 March 1977 | Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA |
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Based |
Bodney | 4 July 1944 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Tarzana, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6250 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6250, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
