Bill C Routt

Military
media-21490.jpeg UPL 21490 Maj. Bill C Routt poses with his P-51D Mustang 44-14060 5Q-A "FABASCA V". The nickname appeared on both sides of the nose but the wolf artwork is believed to have been on the left side only. Donald Krueger Collection

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Object Number - UPL 21490 - Maj. Bill C Routt poses with his P-51D Mustang 44-14060 5Q-A "FABASCA V". The nickname appeared on both sides of the nose but the wolf artwork is...

Completed tour of duty Nov. 8, 1944, hometown Nacogdoches, TX

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14053

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Fabasca
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

44-14060

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Fabasca v
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

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Promoted

Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 18 June 1944 An original cadre pilot, he was promoted from Captain to Major on 18th June 1944.

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Completed Tour of Duty

Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8, UK 8 November 1944

Revisions

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Contributor[email protected]
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Sources

Page 95, 339th Fighter Group History, 1st Edition.

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ContributorPyker
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Revised data for Maj. Routt.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / Unit History

Bill C Routt: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 21490 - Maj. Bill C Routt poses with his P-51D Mustang 44...

339th/504th Pilot Bill C Routt Original Cadre - CTD 06 Nov 44

Object number: UPL 61499 - 339th/504th Pilot Bill C Routt Original Cadre -...