Delbert H Hall
MilitarySpelling, word order changes. - Kickapoo
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. While serving as Co-Pilot on B-24D 41-23745 'Katy Bug" on 18-Nov-42 his aircraft crashed as a result of engine failure and struck a tree while attempting a landing at Little Stukeley. 4 crew members were killed. Lt Hall was not injured and RTD.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Katy Bug
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
14 June 1915 | ||
Enlisted |
Fort Snelling, MN | 20 December 1941 | Fort Snelling, Minnesota |
Died |
13 October 1973 | ||
Buried |
East Lawn Cemetery Algona, Kossuth County, IA | 16 October 1973 | East Lawn Cemetery Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa |
Based |
Alconbury | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Nov-2014 Edited description and Place, Aircraft and Mission associations per "Lossed of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 47