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P-47 Thunderbolt 42-27181 coded 2Z-D and named RAID HOT MAMA and pilot Lt. John W Drummond. White theater recognition cowl band. Drummond became a POW flying this, his assigned P-47 on 26th July 1944. MACR 7484.
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Lt Drummond flew 47 missions with the 510th Fighter Squadron. He was shot down, by flak, near Vive , France on July 26th 1944. He bailed out, his P-47 42-27181, was hit in the engine by flak and it crashed and burned in the village of Gieville, France. Lt Drummond was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag 1 , in Barth Germany. He was a POW for 10 months, North Compound 2, Barracks 4, Room 2.
Group
The 405th Fighter Group was a fighter bomber unit of the United States Army Air Force in World War II. They group flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) starting with the buildup to the Invasion of Normandy on "D-Day", ...
Squadron
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
Military site : airfield
The original Christchurch Airport operated from 1935-39, and the airfield was used by the RAF from 1939 to 1941. It was the site of the Airspeed Aircraft factiry from 1940 to 51. Christchurch was developed for USAAF use in 1943, and the Ninth Air Force...
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| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Ninety Six, SC | 29 September 1919 |
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Son of James William and Fannie Mae [Smith] Drummond. |
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| Enlisted | Coronaca Aaf, Greenwood, SC | 13 January 1941 |
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Coronaca Aaf Greenwood South Carolina |
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| Based | 1944 – 26 July 1944 | |
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Assigned to 510FS, 405FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Shot down POW | Gieville, France | 26 July 1944 |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 26 July 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Died | Ninety Six, SC | 3 September 2016 |
| Buried | Elmwood Cemetery Ninety Six, Greenwood County, SC | 6 September 2016 |
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Elmwood Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 January 2020 17:29:17 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/85236705-john-w-drummond |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 January 2020 16:57:31 | robertsdrummond | Changes to nickname |
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From Robert S. Drummond, son of Senator John W. Drummond |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 June 2019 13:57:07 | gfeindel | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, unit associations and aircraft associations |
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Lt Drummond flew 47 missions with the 510th Fighter Squadron. He was shot down , by flak, near Vive , France on July 26th 1944. He bailed out, his P47 ( 42-27181), was hit in the engine by flak and it crashed and burned in the village of Gieville, France. Lt Drummond was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag 1 , in Barth Germany. He was a POW for 10 months, North Compound 2, Barracks 4, Room 2. |
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