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“Marie”

“Marie”, one of P-51D Mustang of the 52nd Fighter Group’s 2nd Fighter Squadron, the “American Beagle Squadron”, photographed in Italy on 1944. Coded QP-Q, this P-51D-5-NA, serial number 44-13298, was assigned to pilot Freddie Ohr. On 8th December 1944, with the Lt. Paul C. Keyser as pilot, “Marie”, took off from Madna airfield, was lost over Austria. The Lt. Keyser was declared MIA. Victor Sierra

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/us-army-air-force/47156/%22marie%22
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FOD , foreign object damage
FOD is used in following lines.Don’t know if it’s something like that what’s meant in the case Lt Keyser’s status.
''Sailors and Marines deployed aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) honored the life of the Navy’s first female aircraft handling officer with a memorial foreign object damage (FOD) walk-down on the ship’s flightdeck, Jan. 30.

Makin Island Sailors and Marines searched for FOD while remembering the life of Lt. Cmdr. Regina (Rogers) Mills, who was struck and killed by a vehicle when she stopped to help others involved in a traffic collision in Gig Harbor, Wash., Jan. 23.’’

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Lt Keyser’s “status” on the WWII Memorial has him FOD. What does that mean>?