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P-51B-15-NA s/n 42-106945
E9*V
Lt. Col. Roswell Freedman
361st Fighter Group, 376th Fighter Squadron
1944-45
This aircraft, P-51B-15-NA "Mustang" 42-106945 coded E9*V, was flown by Lt. Col. Roswell Freedman and assigned to the 376th Fighter Squadron of the 361st Fighter Group ("Yellowjackets"). At some point during its service as E9-V it bore the nickname “Smokey” but no photos of that scheme are known to exist.
This Mustang is notable for its "non-standard" bordered Invasion Stripes, a feature of the 376th.
The 361st FG entered combat with P-47 "Thunderbolts" in January 1944 then converted to Mustangs that same May. The 361st served primarily as a B-17/B-24 escort organization, covering the penetration, attack, and withdrawal of bomber formations that the USAAF sent against targets on the Continent. The group also engaged in counter-air patrols, fighter sweeps, and strafing and dive-bombing missions. Attacked such targets as airfields, marshaling yards, missile sites, industrial areas, ordnance depots, oil refineries, trains, and highways.
The group supported the airborne attack on the Netherlands in September 1944 and deployed to Chievres Airdrome, (ALG A-84), Belgium between February and April 1945 flying tactical ground support missions during the airborne assault across the Rhine.
The unit returned to RAF Little Walden and flew its last combat mission on 20 April 1945.
Col. Freedman's awards include the following:
Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters (2 silver, 3 bronze)
Air Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
Purple Heart
World War II Victory Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars.
He was wounded on a strafing run during his World War II service but later returned to flying.
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