Dean H Spurgeon

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media-32220.jpeg UPL 32220 TSgt Dean Hall Spurgeon with 2nd son at Collings Foundation B-24

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Object Number - UPL 32220 - TSgt Dean Hall Spurgeon with 2nd son at Collings Foundation B-24

Shot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 #4273500. Landed in Sweden. Interned.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-73500

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shack Happy
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 29 May 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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