*** P-51D - #44-13846 - MC-C ***

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26 Feb 1945 - #44-13846 - 1st Lt. R. D. Whitley - P-51D - MC-C - Lochem/Exelsebrug - 14:45
- 20 FG - 79 FS - MACR #12767

Airborne from King's Cliffe, UK on 26 Feb 1945 for a Bomber Escort - destination Berlin
Weather 10/10 cloud, good visibility under overcast
Lt Whitley was forced to land 15 km East of Zutphen, The Netherlands
P-51D-NA - #44-13846 - MC-C with nickname "Li'l Bit" was out of gasoline
Eyewitness O-2057617 - 2nd Lt. James W. Hahn - #44-11347 had radio contact
after his emergengy landing, told he was OK and also waved to Lt. Hahn
Later captured and taken POW - Plane was damaged for 55% ( German records )

19173332 - O-710804 - Fighter Pilot - 1st. Lt - Ralph Dahlstrom Whitley - Los Angeles, CA - POW
Enlistment: 14 Nov 1942, Santa Ana AAB, California - Nativity: Washington - Residence: Los Angeles Co., CA - Marital Status: Married
Birth: 16 Nov 1915 - Washington, USA - Death: 22 Nov 1980 - Los Angeles, California, USA - Age 65
Residence: 1920 - Seattle, King Co., Washington
- info birth/death from Phillip Rector -

SGLO - T5323

P-51D - #44-13846 - 26 FEB 1945 - LOCHEM/EXELSEBRUG - CREW 1

Fighter Pilot - 1st. Lt - Ralph Dahlstrom Whitley - POW

- 1 POW -

WHITLEY


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