Joseph B Sills

Military
A cockpit cover of a P-51 Mustang of the 4th Fighter Group, flown by Major Mac McKennon, damaged by a 20mm cannon shell. Handwritten on reverse of caption: 'April 16, 45. Mac's canopy when hit by 20mm on Prague show. Source - J. Sills. 310 KP.' media-401088.jpg FRE 2290 A cockpit cover of a P-51 Mustang of the 4th Fighter Group, flown by Major Mac McKennon, damaged by a 20mm cannon shell. Handwritten on reverse of caption: 'April 16, 45. Mac's canopy when hit by 20mm on Prague show. Source - J. Sills. 310 KP.' Roger Freeman Collection

Roger Freeman Photo.

Object Number - FRE 2290 - A cockpit cover of a P-51 Mustang of the 4th Fighter Group, flown by Major Mac McKennon, damaged by a 20mm cannon shell. Handwritten on reverse of...

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Units served with

Aircraft

41-6582

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 365th Fighter Squadron

42-106911

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group

43-6570

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
A P-51D Mustang (WD-A) of the 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group taxying past the Star and Stripes at Debden. Handwritten caption on reverse: '335FS. P-51D. USAF Photo.'

44-13883

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

44-63166

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Ridge Runner II
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

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'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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A cockpit cover of a P-51 Mustang of the 4th Fighter Group, flown by Major Mac McKennon, damaged by a 20mm cannon shell. Handwritten on reverse of caption: 'April 16, 45. Mac's canopy when hit by 20mm on Prague show. Source - J. Sills. 310 KP.'

Object number: FRE 2290 - A cockpit cover of a P-51 Mustang of the 4th...