(F. Birtciel)
Lt. Rex P. Hjelm
(F. Birtciel)
Lt. Rex P. Hjelm
343rd FS February 1944 - 11 June 1944 (Missing in Action - Evaded)
| Assigned Aircraft |
P-38J 42-68102 |
| Mission History |
Not Known |
| Mission List |
Not Known |
| Air Scores | 2-0-0 |
| Ground Scores | 0-0 |
| Score Detail |
11 June 1944 (2)FW-190 destroyed (air) Clermont |
| Notes | Born 28 February 1920. Entered service from Firth, Idaho. Lt. Hjelm was attacked by FW-190s and bailed out near Compiegne in France. MACR No.05574 Lt. Hjelm evaded with the help of the French Underground and was returned to the 55th at Wormingford on 1 September 1944. |
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