44-21115 Up Stairs with Mauldin

The wreck ofa P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Suffolk, 13 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th FG, 61st FS, P-47M, 44-21115, HV:Q. Crashed March 13th 1945, Suffolk.' media-401349.jpg FRE 2598 The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Stowmarket, 13 March 1945. Its pilot, Luther P Hines had been killed in the mid air collision.
Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th FG, 61st FS, P-47M, 44-21115, HV:Q. Crashed March 13th 1945, Suffolk.' Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 2598 - The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Stowmarket, 13 March 1945. Its...

P-47M 44-21115, assigned to pilot David L. Mauldin, was nicknamed 'Up Stairs With Mauldin'. Lost in a mid-air collision on 13 March 1945 that killed pilot Luther P. Hines.

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The wreck ofa P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Suffolk, 13 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th FG, 61st FS, P-47M, 44-21115, HV:Q. Crashed March 13th 1945, Suffolk.'

Luther P Hines

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-716135
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

David Lamar Mauldin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-710141
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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A P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-D, serial number 44-21159) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'HV-D.'

44-21159

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron

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Crashed

Stowmarket IP14, UK 13 March 1945

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The wreck ofa P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial number 44-21115) of the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, near Suffolk, 13 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '56th FG, 61st FS, P-47M, 44-21115, HV:Q. Crashed March 13th 1945, Suffolk.'

Object number: FRE 2598 - The wreck of a P-47 Thunderbolt (HV-Q, serial...

Object number: UPL 38179 - P-47M 44-21115, nick-named Up Stairs with Mauldin...