Ralston Hayden

Military

RTD Shot down and ditched in channel on 9/11/44 in B-17 #4252615

Connections

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Units served with

392nd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

579th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52615

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron

Places

The Control Tower of the 392nd Bomb Group at Wendling. Handwritten caption on reverse: '392BG ex Burtner.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born
Other Returned (RTD)	English Channel	11 September 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Other

Returned (RTD)

English Channel

11 September 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:55

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

392nd Bomb Group Roster 1981 MACR 9811 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9811 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database