44-20978 Torrid Tessie
April 27, 1945 27-04-1945 Friday (346th Fighter Squadron 350th Fighter Group 12th Air Force) Hit By Anti-Aircraft Fire While Strafing German Vehicles Outside of Orzinuovi Italy While on a Armed Reconnaissance Mission to The Northern Po Valley Italy. Made Wheels Up Belly Landing 6 Miles West of Ghedi Italy. MACR 14089. Pilot Survived and Was Rescued By Partisans and Taken to The U.S. Army 91st Infantry Division Regimental CP.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Fighter Group 346th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
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- Site type: Airfield
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Sources
https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-47/p-47d-44…
"12th & 15th Air Forces" - Gerard Paloque, pages 70-73