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Dan D Oxley

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media-57770.jpeg UPL 57770 Capt Dan Oxley 55th FS J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 57770 - Capt Dan Oxley 55th FS

Flight leader 55th FS 270:00 combat hours

3 strafing kills. 1 FW-190 destroyed ground plus 2 DO-24s destroyed on water.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

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

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

43-25065

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: - Ambrose II
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

44-13715

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Little Lady
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

Captain Jack M. Ilfrey, one of the COs of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Kings Cliffe air base. He stands with other crew members beside P-38J Lightning (MC-O, serial number 43-28431), called "Happy Jack's Go Buggy".

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

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Date15 Jun 2022 20:15:56

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date27 May 2017 22:59:31

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:50

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Dan D Oxley: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 23358 - Capt Daniel D Oxley [Cogswell, ND]. 55th Fighter...

Object number: UPL 57770 - Capt Dan Oxley 55th FS