John P Kessler
Military
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UPL 6996
P47D-20-RE #42-75513 "Sally" Code: P
466th BG - HQ Squadron
Formation observation a/c
Crashed and destroyed on 4 June 1945 by Everett Jones. Jones survived
Flew combat with the 352nd FG - 487th FS, coded: HO-K. You can still see the "K" on the fuselage. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG - HQ Squadron
Formation observation a/c
Crashed and destroyed on 4 June 1945 by Everett Jones. Jones survived
Flew combat with the 352nd FG - 487th FS, coded: HO-K. You can still see the "K" on the fuselage. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- 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
- Nicknames: Sally
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 466th Bomb Group 487th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (466th Bomb Group)
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history