Robert R McCord | American Air Museum

Robert R McCord

Military

Engine problems with P-38F-1-LO 41-7617 forced McCord to land back at Goxhill with landing gear retracted 19 August 1942. No injuries.

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Units served with

A P-38 Lightning (serial number 43-28650) of the 1st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force. Written on slide casing: '27 FS, 1 FG.'

1st Fighter Group

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

71st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:03

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27