Ralph John Scott Dooley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Kneeling: Burton Wheeler - CP, Ralph Dooley - P, John Kowalczuk - B, Paul Gorman - N
Object Number - UPL 14500 - The Dooley Crew: Standing: Oscar Nelson - WG, Paul Wadsworth - RO, Don Quirk - WG, Ralph VonBergen - TG, Johnie Jones - TT/E, John Phillips - NTG...
Died in the crash of the Lady Jane, B24 42-95133, on a training mission.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Lady Jane
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Site type: Memorial
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 9 June 1924 | |
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Died |
Heigham Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 4LG, UK | 24 November 1944 | Died with his crew in the vicinity of Barker street, Norwich - avoiding cottages, thus preventing the possible loss of civilian lives. |
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Buried |
Cheltenham, Cheltenham, PA 19012, USA | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Montgomery County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Lot 31 W, R 20, Grave No 4 |
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Find A Grave Memorial# 123511442
http://www.458bg.com/crewba80dooley.htm
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history & Page 275 of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458
