Donald Y Whinnem

Military
media-38183.jpeg UPL 38183 Lt. Donald Y Whinnem served with the 352nd Fighter Group

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Object Number - UPL 38183 - Lt. Donald Y Whinnem served with the 352nd Fighter Group

Crashed near Holland-on-Sea due to fuel starvation on 2 Feb 1944 in P-47D #42-8466. RTD.



1 air/5 ground

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106752

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: H.M.S. Hellion
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Promoted

13 May 1998

Born

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

12 October 2009

Buried

Middletown, CT, USA State Veterans Cemetery

Revisions

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Added birth, death & burial info from Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 65717913.

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Added nickname from "Aviation Trails" story about Rob.ert C. Frascotti

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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, 8th AF Losses

Donald Y Whinnem: Gallery (6 items)

Pilots of the 486th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, in front of P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-R, serial number 42-8412), named "Sweetie" at Bodney air base in March 1944. Left to right, top row: Lieutenant Woodrow W. Anderson, Lieutenant Stanley G. Miles, Lieutenant Frank A. Cutler, Lieutenant Martin E. Corcoran, Lieutenant Donald Y. Whinnem. Left to right, middle row: Lieutenant-Colonel Luther H. Richmond, Captain Stephen W. Andrew, Lieutenant Thomas W. Colby, Lieutenant Henry J. Miklajyck, Captain Edward

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