US Fighter shot down in Sept. 1944

[RSwank]

I have tried to figure out what possible P-47 Fighter Groups "could" have been involved. Groups were shifted in and out at various times. The 27th FG (as Leendert mentioned) is one possible group. Others would be, I think, the 50th FG, 79th FG, 86th FG, 324th FG, 358th FG and the 371st FG. There were also a couple of French P-47 groups.

[kaki3152]

348th was in the SWPA,368th FGz?

[RSwank]

Typo on my part s/b 358th FG. Do any others seem in error?


Using September 8, 1944 as the date of death and selecting all Army Air Force men buried in an ABMC cemetery , you get some 33 names.

https://www.abmc.gov/database-search..._last_name_ASC

Looking at just those in Fighter Groups, it would appear that none are in the specific groups on our list. Thus it appears the pilot is not buried overseas.

[KM1957]

You can rule out the 50th, 358th and 371st. They are included in my Ninth Air Force research.

Kent

[RSwank]

The war diaries of the 86th FG are all online here:

http://www.86fighterbombergroup.com/War%20diary.htm

They were based on Corsica on Sept 8th (getting ready for a move to Italy). On September 8th the weather was bad and they did not fly any missions.


The 324th FG (see history here): https://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/3...hter_Group.cfm

had just moved to Amberieu, France on 6 Sep 1944. Amberieu is just to the NE of Lyon, so not too far away.

[gilles collaveri]

Thanks guys

I am waiting for more information from the village and I let you know when we have more data.

GC