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Charles E Griffiths Jr

Military

UPL 82475 UPL 82475 Capt. Charles E “Grif’ Griffiths Jr. Groton, SD, 486th FS, P-51B 43-7000 PZ-G ‘Marj’. Photographed on his return to Bodney from the Frantic II shuttle mission. 352nd Fighter Group collection

From 352FG files.

352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron 43-7000 Bodney Charles E Griffiths On

Object Number - UPL 82475 - Capt. Charles E “Grif’ Griffiths Jr. Groton, SD, 486th FS, P-51B 43-7000 PZ-G ‘Marj’. Photographed on his return to Bodney from the Frantic...

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Units served with

352nd Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilot Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond with his aircraft, P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie", at Bodney air base, winter 1943 - 1944. Pin-up artwork by Alberto Vargas. 1943 - 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond flew with the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

486th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Aircraft

43-7000

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Marj Priority Nil
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

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End Tour of Duty (ETD)

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Date9 Aug 2019 14:02:12

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:34

ContributorAAM

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Charles E Griffiths: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 82475 - Capt. Charles E “Grif’ Griffiths Jr. Groton, SD...

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