42-75392 Spunky

media-21845.jpeg UPL 21845 P-47D 42-75392 'Spunky' 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot 1st Lt Robert E Daw Jr KIA.

Object Number - UPL 21845 - P-47D 42-75392 'Spunky' 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot 1st Lt Robert E Daw Jr KIA.

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Robert J Messenger. Transferred to 377FS, 362FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine pilot Lt Robert E Daws Jr bellied in successfully nr Benonchamps, Luxembourg a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 362nd Fighter Group 377th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18226954 / O-763855
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885173
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Benonchamps, 6600 Bastogne, Belgium 30 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR), strafing mission, hit trees strafing armed vehicles on edge of woods. With a dead engine pilot Lt Robert E Daws Jr bellied in successfully nr Benonchamps, Luxembourg a mile from US lines. Later declared KIA, may have been executed by SS troops in area. 30-Dec-44.

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MACR 11547 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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