Herbert C Belford

Military

Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in a training accident in P-47C 41-6178, crashed Dovedale road, Stoneygate, Leicester 15-Sep-44.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 312th Ferry Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cook County, IL, USA 16 October 1922

Enlisted

Chicago, IL, USA 3 December 1942

Died

Stoneygate, Leicester, Leicester, Leicester LE2, UK 15 September 1944 Killed in a training accident in P-47C 41-6178, crashed Dovedale road, Stoneygate, Leicester 15-Sep-44.

Buried

Sangamon County, IL, USA Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield Sangamon County Illinois, USA.