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43-6382 Killer

P-51 Mustang # 43-6382 was hit by Flak over Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, near Chartres on a Bomber escort and strafing mission on 5 April 1944. Crashed near the German airfield of Orléans-Bricy, 15km West of Orléans, Loiret Department, France. Pilot Edward R. Ryan Killed In Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3438

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Units served with

354th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Personnel of the 355th Fighter Squadron at a briefing before a bomber escort mission, the tail markings of the B-24 Liberators they will escort are exhibited on the map. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'D Lewin in Breifing Room 13/1/45'

355th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Edward Rody Ryan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19079541 at enlistment, then O-744764
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Aerial photograph of Boxted airfield, looking south west, the ammunition dump and bomb dump are at the bottom of the image, 18 April 1949. Photograph taken by No. 58 Squadron, sortie number RAF/58/215. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Boxted

Site type: Airfield

Missions

8th Air Force 289 & FO 288 FIGHTER STRAFING

Date: 5 April 1944

Revisions

Date9 Mar 2020 11:05:03

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 3438
NARA – Captured German records J-909 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495999 and J-773 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495009

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:40

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

MACR 3576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database