Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
Headquarters
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UPL 5400
P-51D 44-72227 CL-M of Lt.Col. Elwyn G "Eager El" Righetti, Commanding Officer 55th Fighter Group. Replaced his earlier P-51 44-14223 similarly marked. He was killed in this aircraft on 17th April 1945 when hit by flak attcking Grossenhaim A/D 30 Miles South of Dresden. Crash landed but body never recovered.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 19049538 / O-398322
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: 36314023
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron (78th Fighter Group) Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-650166
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-429864
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Scouting Force 479th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (479th Fighter Group) Headquarters (55th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-420636
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)