Paul Albert Balogh
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
UPL 65076
UPL 65076
2nd Lt Paul A. Balogh
Paul Albert Balogh
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Assigned to 14PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by German fighters over Belgium on 19-Sep-44. Stayed with his crippled Spitfire Mark XI to prevent it from crashing into Creancey. Died when the Spitfire crashed outside of the town. [Document attached to database form. ]
Awards: PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Lease Fleece
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: My Darling Dorothy
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Creancey, France | 19 September 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Creancey, France |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredEpinal American Cemetery and MemorialLorraine, France |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / document; 7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996