Royce W Priest
MilitaryRescued his squadron C. O. , Lt. Col. Marshall, who had crash landed after heavy damage from flak in August 1944.
DSC/ DFC w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Weepin Deacon II / Eaglebeak
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 1st Scouting Force 384th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
Events
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Born |
San Antonio, Texas | ||
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
1996 355TH FG Assoc. Directory; Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list