Wayne W Dougherty

Military
From left to right: Lieutenant Wayne M. Dougherty and Lieutenant Paul W. Safford of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, put on a record in one of the buildings at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 13 August 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At U.S. Thunderbolts Station. This series of pictures is a graphic story of the everyday activities of a Thunderbolt P 47 group which includes some of the finest fighter pilots - record holders of the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain. Keystone Picture media-377528.jpg FRE 284 From left to right: Lieutenant Wayne M. Dougherty and Lieutenant Paul W. Safford of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, put on a record in one of the buildings at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 13 August 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At U.S. Thunderbolts Station. This series of pictures is a graphic story of the everyday activities of a Thunderbolt P 47 group which includes some of the finest fighter pilots - record holders of the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain. Keystone Picture shows: Lt. Wayne Dougherty (Canto, Ohio) left and Lt. Paul Saffold Jr., Montgomery, Alabama) listening to records in their spare time. U.S. Pool/F. Keystone SG. 41.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 284 - From left to right: Lieutenant Wayne M. Dougherty and Lieutenant Paul W. Safford of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, put on a record in...

On 26-Nov-43 while piloting P-47D 42-8573 [WZ:L], 78FG/84FS the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and shot down near Moiselles, France while on a mission to escort bombers attacking at Paris, France. 2LT Dougherty was able to bale out of the aircraft and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-8573

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

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Prisoner of War (POW)

26 November 1943 - 30 January 1945 Held at Stalag 9C, Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar. Officially Returned to Military Control 30-Jan-45.

Born

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Duxford Diary

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National Archives

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Lee Cunningham 16-Jul-2015. Added Desoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1442 / MACR 1442, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 387 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Wayne W Dougherty: Gallery (7 items)

From left to right: Lieutenant Wayne M. Dougherty and Lieutenant Paul W. Safford of the 84th Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, put on a record in one of the buildings at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 13 August 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At U.S. Thunderbolts Station. This series of pictures is a graphic story of the everyday activities of a Thunderbolt P 47 group which includes some of the finest fighter pilots - record holders of the U.S. Army Air Force in Britain. Keystone Picture

Object number: FRE 284 - From left to right: Lieutenant Wayne M. Dougherty...

Picture of Dougherty

Object number: UPL 74791 - Picture of Dougherty

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