Dale E Stream
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
The James C. Stewart Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight (2002-02-13.1098), Box 1, Folder 7
Object Number - UPL 56291 - 2LT Dale E. Stream, 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group.
Crashed due poor weather into the North Sea near Lowestoft on a bomber escort mission to Berlin in P-47D "Lucky" (serial #42-8461, code HV*P). LT Stream was declared Missing in Action, and his name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. Awarded Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. CPT Robert S. Johnson described LT Stream as "probably the best young fighter pilot I've ever seen for both skill and courage."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lucky
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Events
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Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
22 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3387 / MACR 3387, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list