*** P-51 B-10 - CV-M - #42-106693 ***
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359th FG - - - - - - - 368th FS - - - - - 8th Air Force
Departure place : USAAF Station No. 133 - East Wretham, Norfolk, UK
Weather: 6/10 to 8/10 low overcast
Around 10:50 - vicinity Amersfoort, Holland
Last sighted by O-796642 - Capt. George F. Baker Jr. in a/c P-51 D - CV-E - #44-14500
2nd Lt. Graham Lupton was forced to bail out - 8000 ft - due material failure
while on an escort mission with destination Ruhland, Germany - course 140° -
The "Mustang" had been losing oil pressure, coolant and fire were streaming from the engine
It was still flyable - altitude 10000 ft - until the flames forced him to leave the ship
Taken POW - he was not in a Camp - but transferred to several locations
One was Enschede, Prov. of Overijssel, Holland
14128351 - O-832430 - 2nd Lt. Graham Lupton - born: 1922 - Nativity: North Carolina
Residence 1942: Charleston County, South Carolina
Enlistment, 24 Sep 1942, Fort Moultrie, Charleston County, South Carolina
born 28 Jun 1922, Kinston, North Carolina - died 12 Nov 2008, Tavares, Florida - Age 86
SGLO - T5120
P-51 B-10 - CV-M - #42-106693 - 16 Jan 1945 - Kavel P-49 - CREW 1
- 1 POW -
LUPTON
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