Irvin E Valenta
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Pilots I.E. Valenta, L.O. Grey, C.W. Peterson +2 Bert Stewart collection
Bert Stewart's Albums
Object Number - UPL 56477 - Five posed photos of US Air Corp officers - 4 pilots (2 with RAF wings) and one w/o wings. Pilots I.E. Valenta, L.O. Grey, C.W. Peterson +2
Apparently crashed into North Sea for unknown reasons on a bomber support mission in P-47D 42-7942. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Ginger
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 2nd Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Pokey Lil Val
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Hollland | 4 March 1944 | |
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Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;'
- www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm;
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=irvin&middlename=e…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2785 / MACR 2785, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
