Lester W Hovden

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21630.jpeg UPL 21630 Lester Hovden - Ridgeway, 359th FG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21630 - Lester Hovden - Ridgeway, 359th FG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA), August 10, 1944

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-51 Mustang (CV-X, serial number 42-106702) of the 368th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, flies over countryside. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Roger- methinks you have already captured this bird in TME [The Mighty Eighth]- in color yet.'

42-106702

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron

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Killed in action

10 August 1944

Born

Ridgeway, Iowa

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7782 / MACR 7782, Unit History / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 21630 - Lester Hovden - Ridgeway, 359th FG, KIA