Francis Joseph Waice

Military
media-30418.jpeg UPL 30418 38th Pilot Group R Merrill Cox

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Object Number - UPL 30418 - 38th Pilot Group

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 2 damaged (Ground). ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coaldale, PA 11 March 1924

Enlisted

Wilkes Barre, PA 19 October 1942 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Based

Wormingford 3 August 1944 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, UK 6 October 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

Other

Transferred from 495th Fighter Training Group to 55th Fighter Group

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/310763992
https://www.fold3.com/image/546103596
https://www.fold3.com/record/83834793/francis-j-waice-wwii-army-enlistm…
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/38th%20Pilots/Waice%20Francis%2…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150914484/francis-j-waice

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.55th.org roster

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 30418 - 38th Pilot Group