Dean Herbert Dalton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 48723 - Capt Dean H Dalton, 565BS, 389BG.
Dean Dalton was assigned to the 8th Air force, the 389th Bomb Group (the Sky Scorpions), and the 525th Bomb Squadron, USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) from a bombing mission over Bremen in B-24 42-40749, 'Sack-Time Sally'. Lost an engine over the target, fell out of formation, and was picked off by fighters. Shot down over Opiende, Netherlands. Killed in Action (KIA). 26-Nov-43. MACR 3493
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sack-Time Sally
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Junction City, KS | 26 October 1918 | Son of George Edward and Nelle M [Ogier] Dalton. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MO | 31 December 1940 | Springfield, Missouri |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Opeinde, Netherlands | 26 November 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen in B-24 42-40749 'Sack Time Sally' 26-Nov-43; lost an engine over the target, fell out of formation and was picked off by fighters, shot down Opiende, Netherlands. KIA MACR 3493 |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 10 Grave 11 | |
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Based |
Hethel | 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 525BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3493 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
