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42-106633

P-51 Mustang

Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 22-Jul-44; downed by flak in vicinity of St Lo. Pilot Clarence H Stewart Jr Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6653

Service

Units

9th Air Force
354th Fighter Group

Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the...
355th Fighter Squadron

Squadron

People

Clarence Stewart

Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 354th Fighter Group
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51 42-106633 downed by flak in vicinity of St Lo. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6653 Awards: PH.

Places

Lashenden

Military site : airfield
Close to but completely separate from RAF Headcorn, Lashenden was built for the RAF during 1942-43 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), initially as a light bomber base and then as a training base for mobile fighter squadrons. Enlarged and improved for...

Events

Event	Location	Date
Manufactured	Inglewood, Ca	1943
Built at North American.
Assigned	Lashenden, UK	1944
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR)	Saint Lo, France	22 June 1944
Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51 42-106633 downed by flak in vicinity of St Lo. Pilot Clarence H Stewart Jr Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6653

Revisions

Date	Contributor	Update
23 June 2020 15:58:22	Al_Skiff	Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations
Sources
MACR 6653
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:40:14	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
MACR 6653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database