Hayes Durmont Button
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Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-47 42-8483 crashed near Dunkirk 30-Dec-43 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1864.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minnesota, USA | 18 January 1920 | |
Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | 26 May 1942 | |
Based Transferred |
Bodney | 6 September 1943 - 30 December 1943 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 30 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Shot down / baled out |
Dunkirk, France | 30 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission in P-47 42-8483 crashed near Dunkirk 30-Dec-43 POW. MACR 1864. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
28 December 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Anchorage, AK, USA | 9 August 1983 | |
Hackensack, MN 56452, USA | |||
Buried |
535 E 9th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA | Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery Anchorage Anchorage Borough Alaska, USA | |
Based |
Bodney | 6 September 1943 | Assigned to 487FS, 352FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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