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John J DuPont

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Object Number - UPL 20842 - John J Dupont in plane

Shot down on 28 Sep 44 in P-51 'Copperhead' 44-13932. He was killed on this day after a mission to Magdeburg, Germany. The plane crashed into a barn just outside Schladen and the family went to Germany in 2000 and met with the lady who directed the removal of Lt. DuPont's body from the plane.

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Units served with

P-51 Mustangs, including (5E-B, serial number 44-13964) of the 364th Fighter Group marshalled at Honington. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'P-51 413964 5E-B, Marshalled, Honington.'

364th Fighter Group

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

Three P-38 Lightnings: (N2-K, serial number 42-67978) nicknamed "Betty A II", (N2-A_) and a comrade, of the 383rd Fighter Squadron, 364th Fighter Group fly over countryside. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'P-38 Lightnings.'

383rd Fighter Squadron

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

Aircraft

44-13932

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 364th Fighter Group

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

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Killed in action

28 September 1944

Buried/ Commemorated

Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska

Revisions

Date12 Jan 2021 11:11:10

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Changes

Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:14

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9245; Losses of 8th AF, vol.4

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Object number: UPL 20842 - John J Dupont in plane

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