9th Air Force
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Namesake of Bakalar Air force Base
Group
The Group moved to England in the autumn of 1943 and was assigned to the Ninth Air Force in December 1943. The Group were the first to fly P-51 Mustangs operationally and in their bomber escort missions pushed to find the long-range limits of the...
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Close to but completely separate from RAF Headcorn, Lashenden was built for the RAF during 1942-43 as an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), initially as a light bomber base and then as a training base for mobile fighter squadrons. Enlarged and improved for...
Military site : airfield
Military site : airfield
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Hammond, Indiana | 29 January 1920 |
354th FG Combat Tour | 5 June 1944 – 1 September 1944 | |
Died | Gael, France | 1 September 1944 |
KIA on 1 Sep 1944 when the engine of his P-51D-5, A/C #44-13895 failed after becoming airborne on take-off on an operation mission from Gael Airfield, France. The Mustang impacted a grove of pine trees off of the end of the runway. It was determined that a faulty casting of the first stage supercharger allowed coolant to seep past the seals into the induction manifold and flooded three cylinders and fowled all of the spark plugs. |
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Buried | Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | 1945 |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial |
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02 April 2020 05:03:41 | fugari | Changes to role, biography, awards, events and place associations |
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JCook Archives |
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31 March 2020 21:26:09 | 466thHistorian | Changes to role, biography, events and unit associations |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56350256/john-edmond-bakalar/photo |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
26 April 2017 01:04:52 | fugari | Changes to role and awards |
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27 December 2015 19:08:27 | millebr | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography and unit associations |
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 |