42-26551
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 405FS, 371FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armed recce Hirschberg area, suffered mechanical failure of propeller, headed for base, engine failed bellied in. 11-Apr-45 Leon L Hooper Jr RTD MACR 14107.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-23735
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-002288 / O-1995864
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other E/A Destroyed |
80500 Montdidier, France | 7 June 1944 | Destroyed Me109 Montdidier 7-Jun-44. Pilot Major Ben Mayo. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 April 1945 | |
Assigned |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Assigned |
Bisterne, Ringwood BH24 3BN, UK | Transferred to 405FS, 371FG, 9AF USAAF. | |
Manufactured |
Farmingdale, NY 11735, USA | Built at Republic. | |
Delivered |
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Queens, NY 11371, USA | Delivered to USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-26551&Submit6=Go
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
Aces of the 78th Fighter Group By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205363034
MACR 14107 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database