Jack C Price

Military
media-24407.jpeg UPL 24407 Major Jack C Price 20th FG

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Object Number - UPL 24407 - Major Jack C Price 20th FG

Flew 104 Combat Missions in P-47 and P-51 Aircraft. Served as SQ Commander 84th FS. 1944-1945 Dep Grp Commander 20th FG 1945. Retired from USAF on Feburary 1968.



DFC w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 6 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Joint Services Com Medal/ AF Com Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ Distinguished Unit Award



5 (In Air)

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Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

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Born

Grand Junction, Colorado 26 July 1918

Died

Colorado Springs, CO, USA 29 July 2001

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Richard J Murphy, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 410 picture in P47#41-6270

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