Dale F Spencer

Military

On 5/28/44 he shot down 4 ME-410's in less than one minute. Eye-witnesses verified this feat truly happened !



DSC/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ SS/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster



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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106538

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Little Luke
  • Unit: 31st Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 307th Fighter Squadron 376th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (L2-S, serial number 44-37040, "War Weary") of the 479th Fighter Group.

43-7040

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron 434th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Grover, Pennsylvania

Other

Advanced Training

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Other

Promoted

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force; Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list