42-8662
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Reims - Lost in mid air collision with P-47 42-22542 over Soissons, France 30-Dec-43 2Lt William R Hayden KIA MACR 1870.
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42-22542
P-47 Thunderbolt
Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Reims - Lost in mid air collision with P-47 42-8662 over Soissons, France 30-Dec-43 F/O Everett L Brock KIA MACR 1971.
Service
Aircraft
Units
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
356th Fighter Group
Group
The 356th Fighter Group flew 413 missions between 15 October 1943 and 7 May 1945 and suffered the highest ratio of losses to enemy aircraft claims of any Eighth Air Force Group. This gave the Group the reputation of being the 'hard luck' outfit. The... -
360th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
People
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Everett Brock
Military | Flight Officer | Pilot | 356th Fighter Group
Enlisted in RCAF. Transferred to USAAF. Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. ...
Places
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Martlesham Heath
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | 1943 |
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Built at Republic. |
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| Delivered | LaGuardia Airport, Queens, NY 11371, USA | 1943 |
| Assigned | Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Ipswich, UK | 1943 |
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Assigned to 360FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 02200 Soissons, France | 30 December 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Reims - Lost in mid air collision with P-47 42-8662 over Soissons, France 30-Dec-43 F/O Everett L Brock KIA MACR 1971. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 April 2017 16:33:39 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, aircraft associations, unit associations and place associations |
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http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=42-22542&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:40:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 1971 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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