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Veterans of The Mighty Eighth: The Oregon Air National Guard’s connections to the Eighth Air Force of World War II

Maj. Frank Q. O’Connor was a P-51 Mustang pilot assigned to the 356th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group (the Pioneer Mustang Group). Although his group was assigned to Ninth Air Force, it flew as bomber escort for Eighth Air Force in its first months of operations in Europe. O’Connor achieved 10.75 aerial victories before he was shot down and captured on November 5, 1944. After the war he joined the Oregon ANG. (Merkki.com)

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