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 |
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Related Documents | Post Loss Document File #10⇗ |
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⇗ |