42-67279

media-25553.jpeg UPL 25553 P-38J 42-67279 pictured shortly after the devastating crash at Anstey 4th Mar 44.

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Object Number - UPL 25553 - P-38J 42-67279 pictured shortly after the devastating crash at Anstey 4th Mar 44.

Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed upon landing after returning to base after take off on an escort mission to Berlin on 4-Mar-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Harold J Bone Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

338th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

55th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Howard J Bone

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: O-746031
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Fighter pilot

Places

Anstey

Site type: Aircraft crash site

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Missions

8th Air Force FO 260 BOMBER ESCORT

Date: 4 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Crashed	Anstey, Leicester, UK	4 March 1944	Crashed upon landing after returning to base after take off on an escort mission to Berlin on 4-Mar-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Harold J Bone Killed in Action (KIA).
Manufactured	Burbank, CA, USA		Built at Lockheed.
Delivered	California, USA		Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK		Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.