Tragiczną a mungiu drodze bonusów przypadku właśnie jego barkach baeklandowie lost sight of other aircraft and was seen to come out of the cloud base a vertical dive, crashing between a small stream and a road, exploding and setting fire to a haystack. The pilot was killed. Maitland Road, to the east of Needham Market, is named after Lt. Maitland of the USAAF who crashed his P-47 here rather than hit the town. 6230rd FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Horsham St Station 123; Holy Crash landed 17May43 near RAF Gransden Lodge; 358th FS 355th FG, 8th AF, Steeple Morden, Station 122th FS, 362nd FG, 9th AF, Lashenden, Station 410; Lost 29Jan44 combat with JG-26 Fw 190s near Limburg, Belgium; MACR 2083. Pilot bailed out and became POW 6231nd FS 56th FG, 8th AF; Artwork of Alley Oop; 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crashed 25Jun44 when it hit trees at Black Lion Farm, Church Pulverbatch; Pilot killed; Aircraft condemned 26 6232st FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Bunkin, Artwork hitting Hitler; Shot down 3Sep43 by Fw 190A flown by Oblt Waldermar Radener of JG 26 at Meaux, MACR 472. Pilot bailed out and evaded captuere. 6233th FS 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Force landed 2Sep43 with engine failure at Debden; 551st Fighter Training Squadron, 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Declared war weary; Mid air collision 23Sep44 with P-47D 42 at Green Farm, Tibberton, England; Pilot killed; Condemned 24 6234nd FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Halesworth, Station 365; Thumbs Up Doc Sugar Baby Damaged 8Sep43 taxying by crew at Halesworth; 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Crash landed 9Jan44 with engine failure during a local training flight, the aircraft broke out of undercast too low and crashed into a plowed field near Wymeswold, Loughborough; Declared war weary; Crashed 23Jul44 Sea off Nefyn, Wales; Pilot killed; Condemned July 24 6235st FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Horsham St Station 123; Half Pint; Accident 16Apr43 landing at Horsham St Severely damaged by enemy action 26. One of the 56th's worst setbacks occurred when 48 P-47Cs left Horsham St. to provide escort for Eighth AF bombers returning from a mission against Villacoublay airfield, near As the P-47s approached the rendezvous point near Forges, they were jumped from above and behind by 16 Fw 190As of III Gruppe, JG.2. The Americans scattered, and 2nd Lt. S. flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was hit on the Germans' first pass, a 20mm shell exploding his cockpit and rupturing his hydraulic system. Burned and blinded by hydraulic fluid, tried to bail out, but could not open his shattered canopy. As he dove for the Channel, he became one of three victories claimed that day by the Gruppenfuhrer of III JG.2, Oberst Egon Mayer, who claimed to have come close enough to make out the call letters HV-P of 's plane. As tried to fly home, he caught the attention of Georg-Peter Eder, another Fw-190A pilot who had just recently transferred to II JG.26. Eder's 20mm cannons were jammed, but he followed halfway across the Channel, riddling the American's plane with 7mm bullets until he finally ran out of ammunition. Eder then brought his Fw-190 alongside the crippled ship, shook his head disbelief that it was still the air, then rocked his wings salute and peeled off for home. Thanks to the P-47's ruggedness--plus sheer luck--the wounded was able to reach England, landing safely after a loop at RAF Manston, Picked up by a squadron mate who was flying unfamiliar British plane that almost crashed along the way got back to Horsham just time to hear Nazi radio propagandist Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw, interviewing Eder. The pilot described the incident detail again including reference to 's call letters, HV-P and claimed to have seen his victim hit the water just short of England. Headquarters Squadron, 67th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, 's Cliffe, Station 367; Damaged 11Nov43 taxying at 's Cliffe; 53rd FS, 36th FG, 9th Air AF, Brucheville Crashed 13Aug44 at Carrouges, 21km SW of Argentan, MACR 8574. Pilot killed 6236rd FS 78th FG, 8th AF, Duxford, Station 357st Fighter Training Squadron 6th Fighter Wing, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 12Jun43 landing at Atcham; 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Accident 29Feb44 landing at Atcham; Declared war weary; Destroyed 13Aug44 by fire on the at Atcham; Condemned 14 6237st FS 56th FG, 8th AF, Horsham St Station 123; The Idaho Spud; Crash landed 19Apr43 at Goxhill; 62nd FS 551st Fighter Training Squadron 495th Fighter Training Group, 8th AF, Atcham, Station 342; Damaged 15Apr44 taking off at Atcham; Force landed 16Jul44 with fuel starvation Baggy Moor, near Bagley. The engine failed due to fuel starvation on a training flight during combat training with a Spitfire. Pilot 6238th FS 4th FG, 8th AF, Debden, Station 356; Crash landed 4Mar43 with engine failure at Debden;