Donald Gordon Ivarson
Military
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UPL 56249
S/Sgt Donald G. Ivarson, 305BG.
Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty run
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Judy J
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sweet Lorraine
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: GI Miss America
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wally's Wagon, Sweet Seventeen
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
22 August 1923 | ||
Enlisted |
5 February 1943 | ||
Other Discharged USAAF |
5 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
8 November 2003 | ||
Buried |
Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, WY | 11 November 2003 | Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming |
Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Contributoricepir82021
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Added nickname from Jun 6 1944 "Short Snorter".
Edited "Engineer" to "Flight Engineer" for clarity
Contributoricepir82021
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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.
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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.
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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.
ContributorAAM
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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia