Posted By Russ Dailey on May 16, 2007 at 09:28:46:
In Reply to: Re: P.51 43-6903 (4FG 336FS) posted by David Schmitt on May 15, 2007 at 15:15:11:
: : Hello
: : I search some information on the P.51 43-6903(4FG
: : 336FS) Mission,Crash Point, name Pilote,this plane
: : be perhaps downfall in France the 3 March 1944?
: : Thank you jean paul
: In ref to p51 43-6903 book called escort to berlin has 3 or 4 ref to capt phillip Dunn better known as Pappy as piloting this a/c from the 336th sq 4th ftr gp. here are some quotes fron book--3-3-44==FO#259,"pappy" Dunn got a 210 but then got lost on the way home. With no radio, he decided to make for Spain, running out of gas as he shot down an He111. He bailed out to become a POW eight miles from the border. (page41) 3-3-44 336th sq-capt phillip h. dunn ME210,HE-111, Air, 1130-1140 & 1534hrs., Wittenburg area, Ger & St.Peel France. (pg135) on page 188 it says Capt Phillip H. Dunn "Pappy", Vancouver, Washington to sq?-3-3-44--POW, P51B 43-6903; MARN-3050; DFC; assig a/c P-47D-7933. Russ
: Hello Jean Paul:
: 43-6903 was piloted by LT Phillip H. Dunn who was a POW - MACR 3050. The plane crashed near St. Peel(?). This is from "Project Bits and Pieces".
: Hope this helps.
: David