Dale McCrory
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December 1943 - September 1944 - Capt Dale McCrory was a bomber pilot completing 43 missions over Europe. Later he would join the 1st scouting force. A select bunch of former bomber pilots asked to join this new unit to fly fighter planes ahead of the bomber group to have a preview of the bomb target. McCory would complete 110 combat hours in his p-51. Sadly dale left us in 2014.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Revisions
GENERAL ORDER # 550, dated 23 November 1944: From Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding Brigadier General Turner.
GENERAL ORDER # 550, dated 23 November 1944: From Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding Brigadier General Turner.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia