Donald R Wilson
MilitaryCollection: MOSELEY, L L and Family
Landed long and ran off the end of the runway causing the left landing gear to collapse and damaging the left wing on return from an escort mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944 in P-47D 42-75115. RTD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit roster in the book Duxford Diary by the Duxford Aviation Society, 1989 edition;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia