2017th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
Platoon
The pilot of the aircraft, Lieutenant James R Korecky, of the 384th Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group, was killed.
This P-51 was assigned to Major Robert E Lacy and was named "Jackie". Roger Freeman Collection
Forum thread has more details of this crash: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-7951.html
Object Number - FRE 3198 - Personnel of the of the 2017th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon attend to the burning wreck of a P-51 Mustang (P-51D 44-14034 5Y-U) that crashed on...
Activated 1 July, 1943 at Bradley Field, CT
Deactivated 15 April, 1945
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Unit stations
| Station | Location | Date |
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Honington |
Revisions
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)
