43-28393 Wrangler
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FRE 5420
Ground personnel of the 20th Fighter Group work on a P-38 Lightning nicknamed "Wrangler". Handwritten on slide:"328393 KI:W col cy wilson 1944 55th ftr sq 20th FtrGp" Printed on slide :"J.W. PHEGLEY"
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
While assigned to the 474th Fighter Group, aircraft lost on routine flight 8 June 1945 while flying from airfield Y-52, Nice, France to airfield R-2, Bad Langensalza, Germany. Aircraft crashed in bad weather just west of Strasbourg, France. The 430th Fighter Squadron pilot, 2Lt. Jack W. Haggard, was killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-21538
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot Squadron/Group Commander