P-51 D 44-14143 D7-D 503rd FS 339FG

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

Does anybody have information about P-51 D 44-14143 D7-D 503rd FS 339FG.
Do any photos of this Mustang exist?

Thank you!

Roger Gaemperle

[edwest]

Check here:


http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/339thfg.jsp?offset=100


Look on the left side for the serial number. This aircraft was lost in a mid-air collision.


Ed

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hi Ed,


Thank you for your help! That's already some very helfpul information.

It would be nice if there exists a photo of this particular P-51. Probably the entry in the database is based on an accident report rather than a photo, however.

Regards,
Roger

[John Beaman]

44-14143 P-51D 503 D7-D Crump, Lt. Alan F. Lost 6 Nov 44 in mid-air collision with 44-14898, YF-J, of 2SF, Capt. Ziegler.

Jim Starnes, Group Historian, says that the pilot was a very late replacement. He had not been with the unit long enough ever for a Group PR picture to have been taken. He was the unit's only West Point Grad. No pictures exist per Starnes of D7-D sorry to say. His death was as a result of a training mission, hence no mention in the Mission Summaries

[Roger Gaemperle]

Thank you very much for this information. Do you know for how long he stayed with the unit before his death? Did he no single combat mission?

Thank you!
Roger Gaemperle

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

Meanwhile, I received Alan Crump's log book. According to his logbook he joned 503rd FS on September 8 1944 in Goxhill. His last entry was on September 30 flying a P-51D from Fowlmere. It is strange that it ends here when he was killed only in November. There is a flight of 3.3 hours September 11 1944 that could have been an escort mission. The other flights were between 1 and 2 hours.

Does anybody have a confirmation that Crump flew a combat mission?

Thank you,
Regards,
Roger Gaemperle