Vernon N Luber

Military
media-17389.jpeg UPL 17389 Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, BM590 'AV-R' "Olga", of No. 121 Squadron RAF based at Debden, Essex, in flight.
IWM CH 7337.
'Olga' was photographed air to air from all angles to provide recognition samples to incoming USAAF bomber crews in an attempt to avoid freindly fire incidents.

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Object Number - UPL 17389 - Supermarine Spitfire Mark VB, BM590 'AV-R' "Olga", of No. 121 Squadron RAF based at Debden, Essex, in flight. IWM CH 7337. 'Olga' was photographed...

Possibly the pilot in or around 7 Oct 1943 accident in Spitfire BM590



ETO Ribbon; Air Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Olga
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

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Sources

7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 307 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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