David Louis Born

Military
media-55198.jpeg UPL 55198 Left side of P-51 44-14393 L2-Y

Provided to me by Lt David Born and family

Object Number - UPL 55198 - Left side of P-51 44-14393 L2-Y

Assigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. End of War (EOW).





Awards: AM (8 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Flat Top Jr Just Born
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 479th Fighter Group 434th Fighter Squadron 486th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY 11 December 1922 Son of Henry Andrew and Theresa [Harlfinger] Born.

Enlisted

Syracuse, NY, USA 24 November 1942 Syracuse, New York

Based

Wattisham 28 October 1944 Assigned to 434FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, 6001 E Molloy Rd, Syracuse, NY 13211, USA 7 April 1954 Landing Accident Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY Cat 2 damage 1Lt David L Born, 7-Apr-54. T-6D 42-85546 - 138FIS 107FIG ANG

Died

Utica, NY 29 November 2018

Other

End of War

Europe

Other

Promotion

JHC Flying Station Wattisham, 11 Roman Rd, Ipswich IP7 7RA, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Buried

Mount Olivet CemeteryWhitesboro, Oneida County, NY Mount Olivet Cemetery Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York

Revisions

Date
Contributorsmcchrystal
Changes
Sources

Pilot photo from 434th Fighter Squadron original photo Fall of 1944 (UPL 41845). Personal collection of Stephen G. McChrystal. ID from EOW 479th FG album.

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit roster in THE 479th FIGHTER GROUP Ref D790.G479

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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