Dean, Holgate Joseph

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Dean, Holgate Joseph ‡ ⇗
Rank	Sergeant / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	11055383 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per General Orders #176, HQ 2nd Air Force, dated 20 November 1942, effective 28 December 1942., effective 28 December 1943.
Duty	Flexible Gunner
Last Duty Date	25 July 1943
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupré, Belgium: Plot C Row 3 Grave 33
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 19 July 1924 Appointed Staff Sergeant effective 1 May 1943 per 544th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 May 1943. Ditched in Atlantic on flight From Gander, Newfoundland, to England on 10 June 1943. Rescued by a Canadian minesweeper and returned to Presque Isle, Maine. Completed the deployment to England on an ATC C-54, and joined Group later.
Related Documents	Post Loss Document File #10⇗

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
--	10 June 1943	None Non-combat sortie	Tail Gunner	42‑30041⇗	On ferry flight to the ETO, departed Gander late on 9 June 1943. Engine failures led to ditching in the ocean off the coast of Labrador. Sortie Report⇗
9⇗	24 July 1943	Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants Type: Industry Location: Herøya, Norway	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑30142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
10⇗	25 July 1943	Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard Type: Industry Location: Hamburg, Germany	Waist (Flexible) Gunner	42‑29670⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. No MACR Sortie Report⇗

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