Donald French
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 84th Service Squadron, 79th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. Plane crashed at Duxford airfield. Killed in Service (KIS)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Supply
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ready Freddie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Merriman, NE | 7 December 1908 | Son of Eugene E and Jessie Rachel [Bowring] French. |
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Died |
Duxford, UK | 19 July 1944 | Non operational flight; crash at Duxford. Died non Battle (DNB) |
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Buried |
20 July 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot E Row 6 Grave 64 | |
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Based |
Duxford | 19 July 1944 | Assigned to 84th Service Squadron, 79th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia