Nicholas W Cruger
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 36097 - 1st Lt Nicholas W Cruger 383FS, 364FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) withdrawal support Berlin in P-38 43-28360 hit by flak, causing the failure of one engine and the deployment of U/C due to loss of hydraulic fluid. Nursed ship back under escort, crashed into North Sea just short of Cromer, England Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5015
Awards: AM(OLC), PH.
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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-38 Lightning
- Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Honington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Promotion |
Honington, UK | 12 April 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
North Sea | 19 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) withdrawal support in P-38 43-28360 hit by flak, causing the failure of one engine and the deployment of U/C due to loss of hydraulic fluid. Nursed ship back under escort, crashed into North Sea just short of Cromer, England Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5015 |
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Buried |
20 May 1944 | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
| New York, NY | |||
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Based |
Honington | 19 May 1944 | Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5015 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
