9th Air Force
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P-38 Lightning
Assigned to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF. Personal aircraft of Capt Laurence E Blumer. Transferred to 326 Ferrying Squadron, 1 Transport Group, 9AF USAAF.
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367TH FIGHTER GROUP
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Squadron
Military | Major | Fighter pilot | 357th Fighter Group
Five German Luftwaffe airplanes during World War II were shot down in less than 15 minutes by one pilot who was born and raised in North Dakota. Because of this, Larry "Scrappy" Blumer earned the title Fastest Ace in the West. For his actions during...
Military site : airfield
Planned as a secret, emergency airfield, Stoney Cross was developed during 1942-43 as an advance base for both fighters and bombers. Occupied by the RAF from January 1943, before construction was complete, the station had eventually three concrete...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Burbank, CA, USA | 1944 |
Built at Lockheed. |
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Delivered | California, USA | 1944 |
Delivered to USAAF. |
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Assigned | Stoney Cross, Lyndhurst SO43, UK | 1944 |
Assigned to 393FS, 367FG, 9AF. |
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Crashed | Creil, France | 5 July 1945 |
Landing Accident Creil/A-81c Cat 4 damage Lt Robert E Miller, 5-Jul-45. P-38J 44-23590 - 326FRS - 1TpG 9AF |
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27 November 2016 17:16:11 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=44-23590 |