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Capt Philip M Algar (ex 384th BG). Detached to 1st Scouting force.
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
1st scouting force / 1st Scouting Force Personnel Nov-44. L - R (Standing) Andy Peterson - Adjutant; Robert Van Beynum - Intelligence; Dwight W Hartman & Dick Smith - pilots; Harold C Strain - Navigator; John Allen, William 'Bill' E Schofield & William E Cox - Pilots; Herman Meyer - Weather Officer. L - R (Kneeling) Pilots - Edwin A Post, Robert C 'Bob' Burkholder, Phil Algar, Col. Budd Peaslee, Francis C Clark, Clifford R Buckles and Dale McCory
1st Scouting Force P-51D 44-13764 5E-B. Pilot is Phil Algar on his way to Grafton Underwood for the 200th mission party of his old unit the 384th BG. This a/c was lost on 15 February 1945 with F/O Irvin E Lang being killed in action.
1st Scouting Force pilots in front of William A Cox's "G.I.Jive" From L – R: Capt. Phil Algar, Lt. Cliff Buckles, Lt. Bill Cox, Capt. Dwight Hartman, Lt. Bill Schofield, Lt. Fred Brown, and Lt. Frank Hoder. “G.I.Jive” now seen in the newly adopted 1SF nose band.
Flew 25 combat missions with the 384th bombardment Group from 22-Jun-43 to 4-Mar-44. Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. Transferred to 857BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF flying Elint Droopsnoot P-38 lightning [gathering Electronic Intelligence].
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Loring Miller was serving as a Right Waist Gunner on B-17 Serial 42-3455 on the 17 August 1943 mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. Wounded by a shell fragment that punctured his lung from a direct flak hit to the plane, he refused to leave his gun until...
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The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
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The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/6/43; Dow 28/7/43; Assigned 546BS/384BG [BK-M] Grafton Underwood 11/8/43; Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with Russ Faulkner, Bombardier: Harry Hawes, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Hamblin (3 evaded capture), Co...
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to Scout Force, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) scouting mission Dresden; 15-Feb-45 pilot F/O Irvin E Lang KIA. MACR 12377
P-38 Lightning
P-38J field modified to 'Droop Snoot*' configuration and fitted out with equipment and aerials for Elint** work. Detached to 192 Sqn*** RAF for Elint** missions.
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Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
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| Lived in | Modesto, California | 1940 |
| Assigned | Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 22 June 1943 – 4 March 1944 |
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Assigned to the 384 Bombardment Group,546th Bombardment Squadron, 8AF USAAF. Flew on the first 384th Bombardment Group bombing mission on 22 June 1943. |
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| Detached Service (DS) | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 4 March 1944 – 21 September 1944 |
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Detached service (DS) with 1st Scouting Force. |
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| Crashed | Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 25 June 1945 |
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Crashed Belly Landing Alconbury/Sta 102 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Philip M Algar, 25-6-45. P-38 42-28479 - 857BS 492BG 8AF |
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| Buried | Santa Rosa, CA, USA | April 1996 |
| Died | Santa Rosa, CA, USA | 10 April 1996 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 July 2016 00:23:06 | bombercommand | Changes to events and media associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=75 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 July 2016 19:03:46 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nickname, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Algar |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 August 2015 19:58:24 | bombercommand | Changes to service number, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=75 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 May 2015 01:43:32 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=75 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:30 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / nephew, John P. Algar, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... |
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