Francis E Harrington

Military

2nd Lt Francis E Harrington UPL 60234 2nd Lt Francis E Harrington

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Object Number - UPL 60234 - 2nd Lt Francis E Harrington

Francis Harrington Served with the 83rd FS of the 78th FG. He was credited with 4 Air To Air Kills and 8 Ground

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

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

83rd Fighter Squadron

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

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Date19 Dec 2022 18:28:21

ContributorRayWells

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Added pic

Date18 Dec 2022 13:28:56

ContributorRayWells

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Added Photograph and details from FB page

Date22 Jul 2015 13:21:19

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p134

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:45

ContributorAAM

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Francis E Harrington: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 60182 - 2nd Lt Francis Harrington

Object number: UPL 60234 - 2nd Lt Francis E Harrington