Archie Shaw Dargan Jr
MilitaryAssigned to Flew 37 missions, credited with 4 kills (2 x Air, 2 x Ground). Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: He was a very successful contractor after the war and built up Myrtle Beach, S. C.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Rebel Gal
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Darlington County, South Carolina | 16 October 1924 | Son of Archie Shaw Snr and Edith Austin Dargan. |
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Enlisted |
Miami Beach, FL | 26 February 1943 | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 6 January 1945 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Wormingford, UK | 24 February 1945 | |
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Other E/A destroyed [2] [Air] |
Nth of Giessen | 18 March 1945 | Fw190 [2] destroyed Nth/Giessen 18-Mar-45. |
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Other E/A destroyed [Ground] |
Burg, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Me-410 destroyed Burg 10-Apr-45. |
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Other E/A damaged [Ground] |
Burg, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Me-410 damaged Burg 10-Apr-45. |
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Died |
Myrtle Beach, SC | 30 July 2011 | |
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Buried |
Grove Hill Cemetery, Darlington, SC | 1 August 2011 | Grove Hill Cemetery Darlington, Darlington County, SC |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Ended Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/285436891-archie-shaw-dargan
https://www.fold3.com/page/285436891-archie-shaw-dargan
https://www.fold3.com/record/84085490-archie-s-dargan-jr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74199705/archie-shaw-dargan
http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/338th%20Pilots/Dargan%20Archie%…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / obituary