The list of USAAF accidents at
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/s...y/Jan1944O.htm
shows this crash occur on 11 January 1944 near Chipping Warden. Pilot Lynn W Hair of 370th FS, 359th FG, was killed in the crash.
He is not buried in England, so his name (and rank) doesn't appear on the list of dead available on the Net.
Also neither the pilot or the aircraft appear on the site abouth 8th AF fighters (Little friends).
There is a 359th FG forum on the USAAF Forum:
http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/forumid_343/tt.htm
Hope this helps
Laurent