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What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Aircraft: North American P-51 Mustang

When:
1944 or 1945

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Maintenance of aircraft
Aircraft:  Lockheed P-38/F5 Lightning
Aircraft number: 44-23183
Nose: 46

Where:
Italy

When:
1944 or 1945

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Aerial photo reconnaissance
Aircraft:  Lockheed P-38/F5 Lightning

When:
1944 or 1945

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Aircraft: North American B-25 Mitchell bomber (perhaps Mitchell F-10 reconnaissance aircraft)
Marked: “Hell-Cat”

Where:
Italy

When:
1944 or 1945

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Aerial photo reconnaissance
Aircraft:  Lockheed P-38/F5 Lightning

When:
1944 or 1945

Who:
Flown by: Lt. Philip M. Goldstein, United States Army Air Force (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 14th Fighter Group, 49th Fighter Squadron (“Hangmen”) of the 14th Fighter Group

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Maintenance of aircraft
Aircraft:  Lockheed P-38/F5 Lightning
Aircraft number: 42-104107
Nose: 47
Marked: “Jew Boy”
Wrecked in an accident at Triolo on July 31, 1944

“Credit – 4 on ground & 4 in air” (handwritten on back of photo)

Where:
Italy

When:
1944

Discussion about the aircraft:
www.theyweresoldiers.com.com

www.bassentertainmentpictures.com

Possible identification of the aircraft:
www.aviationarchaeology.com

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), 1st Fighter Group
Aircraft: Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star (the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces, Project Extraversion)
Aircraft number: 44-83028 or 44-83029
Nose: B

Aircraft identified by Peter Zanella, Venice, Italy

Where:
Based at Lake Lesina, Foggia, Italy

When:
After December, 1944

Discussion about the aircraft:
www.defensemedianetwork.com

“Acknowledging the growing threat [from Germany’s new guided surface-to-air missile (SAM)], the AAF dispatched two new Lockheed fighters to Italy: sleek, futuristic P-80 Shooting Stars. Supported by Lockheed technicians, the Wright Field test pilots arrived in December 1944, flying their jets against First Group P-38s at Lesina to perfect tactics of prop fighters against Me 262s. The Shooting Stars cost about $110,000—big money in 1945 but not much more than a P-38.” (Tillman, Barrett. Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine, Regnery Publishing, 2014)

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Damaged aircraft
Aircraft: Cessna UC-78B Bobcat
Aircraft number: 37-386

Where:
Italy

When:
1944 or 1945

What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Aerial photo reconnaissance

When:
1944 or 1945


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