44-19713 Miss Pussy IV
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UPL 46521
P-47D-28-RE #44-19713 "Miss Pussy IV" Code: D5-B
365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF
Pilot: Val Beaudrault
365th FG - 386th FS - 9th AF
Pilot: Val Beaudrault
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 365th Fighter Group 386th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Chièvres Air Base
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Florennes / Juxaine
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Shot down ME 262 |
near Dusseldorf, Germany | 2 October 1944 | While flying this a/c Val Beaudrault shot down an ME 262 on this date. It is recognized as the first victory over a German jet by a 9th AF pilot. |
Revisions
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Sources
"Thunderbolts of The Hell Hawks" - Barnes, Crump and Sutherland
page 259