10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
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Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 367th Fighter Group
Allen J. Diefendorf was a graduate of Class 43-J, Foster Field, Texas. After further training in California, he sailed to England on the HMS Aquitania. He docked at Glasgow on July 24th, and joined the 367th Fighter Group, Ninth Air Force. He arrived...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | fighter pilot-1055 single engine/squadron commander | 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group
RCAF June 1941 - Jan 1944
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Military | Captain | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
Flight leader 15th TRS Dec. 1944 - July 1945
6 air kills while flying 77 combat missions
Scored last AAF kill in the ETO on May 8, 1945.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot-1055 single engine | 367th Fighter Group
Flight leader 393rd FS 367th FG
65 combat missions
2 kills
Shot downed by flak while strafing train on March 30, 1945 MACR #13183
POW for 10 days until liberated.
P-47D s/n 44-33037 8L+C
Lt Col USAF retired
P-47 Thunderbolt
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