Dale Covault Headlee

Military

Object Number - UPL 83069 - 1st Lt Dale C Headlee

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Regular aircraft was B-17 42-38051 'My Yorkshire Dream'. 30 x missions.

Whilst flying B-17 42-39785 had mid air collision with B-17 42-29793, RTD

 

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2), WWII Victory.

 

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People

Clarence Ervin Kyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39538093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Chester H Moberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Jerome D Schweitzer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 542987
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert J Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

29 October 1915 BornGuthrie County, Iowa 

Enlisted

Fort Snelling, Minnesota 26 February 1942 EnlistedFort Snelling, Minnesota

Died

18 October 2004 DiedPequot Lakes, Minnesota 

Buried

21 October 2004 InterredBURIALKedron CemeteryCass County, Minnesota

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/180895528/headlee-dale-c-us-census-federal-1930

https://www.fold3.com/record/62326519/dale-c-headlee-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/84590468/dale-c-headlee-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/file/816.4165538623254356099/headlee-dale-covault-1915-page-1-us-wwii-draft-registration-cards-1940

http://www.303rdbg.com/427headlee.html

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70236631/dale_covault-headlee

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139450201?objectPage=526

 

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70236631/dale_covault-headlee

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster / http://www.303rdbg.com/427headlee.html

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