Manuel J Aldecoa

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22492.jpeg UPL 22492 2nd Lt Manuel J Aldecoa. 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 22492 - 2nd Lt Manuel J Aldecoa. 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) on 25-Nov-43 when his aircraft, P-38H 42-6706 sustained a mid-air collision with a Fw-190 over Cuinchy, France while on a mission to provide top cover for P-47s that were attacking the German airfield at St.Omer/Lille, France. He baled out but his parachute was too damaged and he was killed. The other pilot Maj. Johannes Siefert, a 57 victory ace and Knight's Cross winner was also killed. MACR 1274.

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Units served with

Aircraft

A P-38 Lightning (serial number 42-67061) of the 20th Fighter Group prepares for take off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-670(6(<-?))1.'
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 343rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Idaho, USA 26 November 1917 Son of Juan Domingo and Maria Pagoaga [Iriarte] Aldecoa.

Enlisted

Barracks Rd, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA 2 November 1940

Other

Assigned

Nuthampstead, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8, UK 20 April 1943 - 25 November 1943 Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Cuinchy, France 25 November 1943 Killed when his parachute failed after baling out of his aircraft that had sustained a mid-air collision with a Fw-190 near Cuinchy, France

Buried

Killed in Action (KIA)

Merville, France 27 November 1943 Buried by the Germans in the English Section of the cemetery at Merville, France.

Buried

Boise, ID, USA Re-Interred Morris Hill Cemetery Boise Ada County Idaho, USA.
Boise, ID, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cuninngham 15-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR1274; Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stand Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1274 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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