Richard C Dunlap
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 574 - A P-47 (DQ-K, serial number 41-6538) of the 495th Fighter Training Group suffers a watery crash landing.
On 4 Jul 1944, Richard Dunlap was flying P-47 41-6538 on non-operational flight over England from Atcham when the aircraft experienced engine failure. He attempted an emergency landing at RAF Station Wheaton but undershot the runway and rolled across a meadow killing two cows before ending up in a canal. Returned to Duty (RTD).
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: WELA KAHAO!, Flak Bait
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 351st Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
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Revisions
Combined two entries for Richard Dunlap. Now includes information from the following sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8thAF, vol.4
Changed 3rd of July 1944 to 4th of July 1944 based on information in this source: http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jul1944O.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p132, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.29 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
