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44-14426 Scat #5

media-27808.jpeg UPL 27808 Maj. Robin Olds, 434th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14426 L2-W “Scat #5”. Crew Chief on L2-W was S/Sgt. Glen A Wold, seen standing by the wing root, with Carl O Ayers, Assistant Crew Chief, standing on the wing. The unidentified crew member leaning on the drop tank is most likely the armorer.

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Object Number - UPL 27808 - Maj. Robin Olds, 434th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14426 L2-W “Scat #5”. Crew Chief on L2-W was S/Sgt. Glen A Wold, seen standing by the wing...

Assigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Robin Olds. Transferred to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

361st Fighter Group

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

375th Fighter Squadron

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

434th Fighter Squadron

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

479th Fighter Group

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

People

Carl O Ayers

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron

P-51 Mustang (L2-L, serial number 44-14423) nicknamed "Kraut Knocker" of the 479th Fighter Group flown by Lt. Robert Bromschwig.

Robert Irvin Bromschwig

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 16154055 / O-720765
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Robin Olds

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-26046
Highest Rank: Brigadier General
Role/Job: Pilot

Glen Allen Wold

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 06939778
Role/Job: Crew Chief-750

Places

Bottisham

Site type: Airfield

Major Henry Porter Plunk and a fellow airman of the 479th Fighter Group stand with Plunk's P-51 Mustang (9B-0, serial number 44-72516) nicknamed "Ambrosia".

Wattisham

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	11 Roman Rd, Ipswich IP7 7RA, UK	28 December 1944	Landing Accident Cat 3 damage Wattisham/Sta 377 2Lt Robert I Bromschwig, 28-Dec-44. P-51D10 44-14426 - 434FS 479FG 8AF.
Manufactured	Inglewood, CA, USA		Built at North American.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK		Transferred to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF.