Albert Donald Drgon
Military ROLL OF HONOURAlbert Drgon attended High School for 2 years before starting to work. He was working as a bar tender in his father’s hotel in Pittock,Pennsylvania in 1940. The hotel was the International Hotel. He registered on 16 October 1940 at the local draft board in McKees Rock, PA and enlisted in the Air Corps in July 1942. Trained as an engineer/gunner, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. He was killed in the loss of B-17 42-30726 on the 14 October 1943 Schweinfurt mission. Killed in Action (KIA). His brother-in-law, James Gast served in the US Navy.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12032792 and O-735423
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16150128
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791358
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37261302
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
23 April 1917 | the son of Austrian-born Albert and Agnes Drgon | |
Enlisted |
8 July 1942 | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
14 October 1943 | Killed in fighter attack leaving the target. Reported by co-pilot McIntosh as the first man killed in the plane, hit by 20mm shells in the back of the head and in the chest. He was dead when McIntosh reached him before bailing out. | |
Buried |
Initially buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Kembach, Germany. | ||
Born |
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Buried |
His remains were brought after the war to the Lorraine Cemetery. He rests at Plot B Row 30 Grave 50 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 15-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 846; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Reconcile dual entry by data ingest.
MACR 846 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database