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Date: | Thursday 26 April 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American P-51D-20 Mustang |
Owner/operator: | 78th FSqn /15th FGp USAAF |
Registration: | 44-63295 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 35-45 miles SE of Kyushu -
Japan
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Iwo Jima AB |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Departed Iwo Jima on a B-29 escort mission. Pilot - 1st Lt Clyde V Mangum, O-1549991, of the 78 FS, 15 FG - posted as KIA/MIA this day
Pilots name inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing, Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
http://forum.armyairforces.com/m137823-print.aspx
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/wwii/reports/aaf_m_m.htm
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txclapor/GovtMilitary/TXABMCWWII-MAA-MAZ.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Sep-2011 14:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jan-2012 07:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
22-Feb-2012 01:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
26-Mar-2020 20:45 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
10-Feb-2021 10:36 |
Paco |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |