Dean Herbert Dalton
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Junction City, KS | 26 October 1918 | Son of George Edward and Nelle M [Ogier] Dalton. |
Enlisted |
Springfield, MO | 31 December 1940 | Springfield, Missouri |
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 |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot B Row 10 Grave 11 | |
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