Victor E Denti

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Beziers, France in P-51 42-106870 crashed near Chateauroux Killed in Action (KIA) 5-Jul-44 MACR 6791.

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Units served with

354th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

355th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-106870

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron

Places

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

Site type: Cemetery
Known as: Epinal American Cemetery

P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	Los Angeles, CA, USA	16 October 1942
Died	36000 Châteauroux, France	5 July 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod Beziers, France in P-51 42-106870 crashed near Chateauroux Killed in Action (KIA) 5-Jul-44 MACR 6791.
Born	New York, NY, USA
Buried
Based	Steeple Morden	5 July 1944	Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
	Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Revisions

Date2 Nov 2017 19:53:24

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

http://littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Denti&Submit=Search
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-106870&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/29101299
https://www.fold3.com/record/529848471-victor-e-denti
https://www.fold3.com/record/85039659-victor-e-denti
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56371989

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:27

ContributorAAM