Louis Norley
"Red Dog"
Louis Norley and his P-51 "Red Dog"
Louis Norley's Medals
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| Airmedal | Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| (13 Oak Leaf Clusters) |
Assigned Aircraft
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| AIRCRAFT | SERIAL NUMBER | CALL LETTERS | DATES ASSIGNED | DESCRIPTION | DISPOSITION |
| P-47C | 41-6183 | 85 VF-O | 334->1/22/43->trfd to 336->3/14/43-2/3/44 | "Red Dog", Pluto urinating on map of Germany | Crashed on takeoff 12/13/43. Repaired two weeks later. Transferred 2/44 |
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| P-51B | 43-12416 | VF-O | 2/28/44 | 14 plus kill crosses at coincided time, olive drab and gray | Unk |
| 43-6802 | VF-Y(possibly coded O) | 336->3/20/44 | Unk | MIA while flown by R. Nelson | |
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| P-51D | 44-15028 | WD-O | 335->10/25/44 | Unk | assigned to C. Willruth 1/45 |
| 44-15350 | VF- | Unk | Unk | MIA 12/11/44 while flown by P. Morgan | |
| 44-72196 | QP-O | 334->Spring/45 | 1 mirror, horizontal plane ETO bands | Unk | |
| 44-15347 | QP-O | Unk | Olive drab with natural metal finish on undersides, code letters with red border | MIA 4/25/45 while flown by W. Hoelscher | |
Victories
(includes only those while in the 4th FG)
| Date | Enemy A/C | Air/Ground | Place | Number | |
 | 12/16/43 | Ju-88 | Air | unk | 0.33 |
| | 1/14/44 | FW-190 | Air | unk | 0.5 |
| | 2/10/44 | Me-109 | Air | Unk | 1 |
| | 3/27/44 | Ju-88 | Ground | Cazaux A/D, Fr. | 1 |
| | 4/8/44 | FW-190 | Air | Ulzen, Ger. | 3 |
| | 4/13/44 | FW-190 | Air | Schweinfurt, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/22/44 | Me-109 | Air | s/w of Kassel, Ger. | 2 |
| | 9/17/44 | FW-190 | Air | Bocholt, Ger. | 1 |
| | 11/2/44 | Me-163 | Air | s/e of Leipzig, Ger. | 1 |
| | 3/19/45 | Me-109 | Air | 10 mi s/e of Frankfurt, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/7/45 | FW-190 | Air | Dannerburg area, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/16/45 | FW-190 | Ground | Gablingen A/D, Ger. | 2 |
| | 4/16/45 | Ju-52 | Ground | Gablingen A/D, Ger. | 1 |
| | 4/16/45 | Unk | Ground | Gablingen A/D, Ger. | 1 |
| TOTAL VICTORIES | 4TH FG | ||||
| Air | Ground | Total | Air | Ground | Total |
| 11.33 | 5 | 16.33 | 11.33 | 5 | 16.33 |