9th Air Force
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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
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...
Squadron
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.
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...
Event | Location | Date |
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Manufactured | Inglewood, Ca | 1943 |
Built at North American. |
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Assigned | Lashenden, UK | 1944 |
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. |
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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 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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23 June 2020 15:58:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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MACR 6653 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:40:14 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 6653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |