Claude E Mussey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crashed due poor weather into the North Sea near Lowestoft on a bomber escort mission to Berlin in P-47 42-8579. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Aircraft

A single propellor aircraft flying over water. Painted on the aircraft are the numbers 41-6385, and letters HV-Y . A figure is visible in the cockpit

41-6385

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: T-I-I-MBER-R | Charlotte
  • Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 551st Fighter Training Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron

42-8579

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

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Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 22 March 1944

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3388 / MACR 3388, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database