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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "E"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Gardner W. Engel
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One memorable sortie
included becoming separated from his flight
while following an ME-109 through an
undercast for a "probable," sighting a formation of 60 plus bandits at low altitude and a
long, lonely ride home. His sighting report
proved to be a forewarning of the gaggle
tactic the bombers were to face over Berlin.
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Jack Engman
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Capt. Jack W. Engman, a P-47 pilot
who was killed in action in WWII. He was part of
the "Ninth air force outfit". Jack was killed over St. Lo, and was buried in a grave in a church yard in
Danby, about 7 km southwest of Canisy. He was later
reinterred at a VA cemetary in the Los Angeles area
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Robert C. Eschweiler
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Flew 57 tactical and ground support missions in 138 combat hours out of Louvain,
Belgium, Venlo, Holland, and Lippstadt,
Germany. Downed 1 FW-190 in an encounter on April 8, 1945 near Hanover, Germany in which the 41Oth accounted for a total
of 10 destroyed and 4 damaged. Served as an
air-ground controller while stationed in a
tank with the Second Armored Division in
February - March, 1945.
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Albert L. Evans Jr.
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A tactical
commander or operational staff officer for
almost entire career. Command Pilot. Jet
Qualified. Parachutist. Five thousand pilot
hours. Qualified in over sixty different types
of aircraft, mostly single engine fighters,
ranging from the P-36A to the F-l 05D. Flew
one hundred combat missions in WW II in the
CBI Theater (twenty-five in the P-47). Total
combat time 359 hours (103:50 in Jugs).
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Arthur E. Exon
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Was named the Squadron Commander of 64th
Ftr. Sqd. "Black Scorpion" the end of July
1943 as a 1st Lt. Commanded the Squadron
thru April 1944 when was forced to bailout
over enemy territory in Italy due to Aircraft
Fire. Was a prisoner of War for a year and
nine days.
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