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Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/03/2005 07:11:36 AM
I am looking for any information/picture of two pilots of the 339th FG who were MIA on May 29, 1944.
1st Lt. James L. Lynch flew P-51B #42-106626.
2nd Lt. Gordon F. Perry flew P-51B #42-106745.
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/03/2005 12:40:48 PM
ABMC:
Gordon F. Perry
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-812478
505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 29-May-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
James L. Lynch
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-804009
505th Fighter Squadron, 339th Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: New York
Died: 29-May-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery
Cambridge, England
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/04/2005 02:14:01 AM
Mike,
Many thanks.
Mike
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/05/2005 04:34:14 PM
Lt.Perry 505FS P-51B 42-106745 6N--? MACR 5207
Lt. Lynch 505FS P-51B 42-106626 6N--C Bar MACR 5208
both lost on mission no.26 ( F/O 353 ) escort to aircraft plant near Berlin / Polish border.
A navigational error due to weak radio transmissions caused them to overfly England ( to the south ) they probably flew west into the Atlantic.
Lt. McDonald 350FS P-47D 42-76320 LH--U "Soubrette" ( Blickenstaff's plane ) MACR 5203
Shot down by flak near Quakenbruck Crash landed but POW.
Lt. Bergeron 350FS P-47D 42-26109 LH--H MACR 5206. KIA. shot down by flak.
Lt. Barlow 351FS P-47D 42-22759 YJ--J " Jeannie " MACR 8564 ---bailed out over North Sea, rescued by ASR Walrus amphibian.
This was mission no.155 ( F/O 353 ) to the Cottbus area.
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/07/2005 08:04:02 AM
Nick:
Thank you very much.
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11/07/2005 08:15:01 AM
Nick:
To some sources
Lt. Barlow 351FS P-47D 42-22759 YJ--J
was MIA on September 8, 1944 (not May 29, 1944).
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/07/2005 12:45:32 PM
Sorry Mike-----the problem is pilots going down in someone else's plane !
Barlow's P-47 was "Flak Bait" YJ--B bar; this was lost in the N. Sea on May 29.
He was flying Max Hungate's 42-22759 YJ--J on Sept. 8 when hit by flak near Frankfurt but evaded.
Couldn't find a serial for "Flak Bait" though. There are photos of the 3 pilots in Graham Cross's 353rd history but I'm afraid the book is too big for my scanner. ! I'll check the 339th newsletters for Lynch / Perry but don't recall any photos. Cheers Nick
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RE: Lt. James Lynch & Lt. Gordon Perry
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11/08/2005 02:32:37 AM
Nick:
No problem.
Thanks.
Mike
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