IWM catalogue record
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An aircrew of the 354th Fighter Group with a P-51 Mustang nicknamed "My Toni". Handwritten at top of image: 'Crew with Gumm.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Radio/ Pilot (Gumm)/ Armorer (Lippoff)/ Crew Chief.'
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Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the...
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P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Brunswick bounced by enemy fighters crashed Hanover Pilot 2lt Rob R B McIntosh KIA (KIA) MACR 3252.