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P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 514FS, 406FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Trier, Germany. Having lagged behind formation, once they tangled with enemy fighters he went missing, assumed shot down. Pilot 2Lt Doyle Price Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11416.
Service
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406th Fighter Group
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514th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Doyle Price
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter pilot | 406th Fighter Group
Assigned to 514FS, 406FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Trier, Germany. Having lagged behind formation, once they tangled with enemy fighters he went missing, assumed shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11416. ...
Places
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Ashford
Military site : airfield
Built as an Advanced Landing Ground for the RAF in 1942-1943, Ashford was improved and made ready for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. The 406th Fighter Group operated from the airfield in 1944, before the airfield was returned to RAF use and returned to...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Republic. |
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| Delivered | New York, NY, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | Ashford, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 514FS, 406FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | Trier, Germany | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) armed recon mission to Trier, Germany. Having lagged behind formation, once they tangled with enemy fighters he went missing, assumed shot down. Pilot 2Lt Doyle Price Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11416. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 July 2019 11:07:36 | Claiborne Stokes | Changes to unit associations |
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Corrected "BOMB" to "FIGHTER" Squadron. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 23 January 2017 18:52:59 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmdate.asp?thedate=441223&Submit... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:46 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11416 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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