Frederick E Delhagen
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 17224
SGT Frederick E. Delhagen
Tail Gunner
Crew #405 - Robert L. Mogford Crew
466th BG - 784th BS
KIA on 27 March 1944 when his a/c collided with another B-24 just after takeoff in heavy fog from Attlebridge.
Tail Gunner
Crew #405 - Robert L. Mogford Crew
466th BG - 784th BS
KIA on 27 March 1944 when his a/c collided with another B-24 just after takeoff in heavy fog from Attlebridge.
466th BG Historian
Crashed after takeoff on a mission to Biarritz airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944 in B-24H #41-29364 'Stardust'. May have collided with another 466th plane in low visibility. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-664034
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Stardust
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ, USA | 2 November 1942 | |
Died |
Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk, UK | 27 March 1944 | |
Born |
New Jersey | ||
Buried |
Plot A Row 1 Grave 25 Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
Bergen County, NJ, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chonology, Combat Chronology Supplement p. 243 Attlebridge Arsenal p. 190 by Wassom and Brassfield, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces