Donald Martin Pfaff

Military

Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from training mission, part of a four ship formation, bounced by friendly P-47's pilot lost control in the break and crashed into a row of houses in Riverside Row, Upper Tean, Staffordshire. 14-Jul-44. Pilot 2Lt Donald M Pfaff Killed in Training Accident (KITA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Honey Baby
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 June 1922 Son of Michael and Matilda Pfaff.

Enlisted

9 October 1942

Other

Crashed

22 November 1943 Landing Accident Ground Loop Newport AAF, AR Cat 3 damage 2Lt Donald M Pfaff, 22-Nov-43. BT-13A 42-42813 - 1066BFTSq

Other

Crashed

8 July 1944 Mid Air Collision with P-47C 41-6203 Llangallen 8-Jul-44. Belly landing Atcham. P-47D 42-74720 - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF  

Died

14 July 1944 Fatal Crash Destroyed by Fire Upper Tean Cat 5 damage 2Lt Donald M Pfaff, 14-Jul-44. P-47D 42-22491 - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF

Buried

15 July 1944 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Born

Based

14 July 1944 Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Woodland cemetery Wilkinsburg, Allegheney, PA