Delbert Milton Folgate

Military

Assigned to 511BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on among others B-17 43-38694 'Big Ass Bird'. 28 x missions over Germany. ETD

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), American campaign, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.


Mission list:  Sterkrade,  Aschaffenburg,  Cologne,  Siegen,  Lutzkendorf, 
Lutzkendorf,  Dulmen,  Dresden,  Munster,  Nurenburg, Nurenburg,  Salzwedel,  Hamburg,  Munich,  Heilbronn, Chemnitz,  Schwabmunchen,  Chemnitz,  Essen,  Kassel, Hagen,  Bremen,  Lohne,  Oranienburg,  Jena, Plauen,  Vechta,  Berlin,  Halberstadt,  Oranienburg, Regensburg,  Dresden.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Benedict Drought

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16118100 / O-779817
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97349

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Silver Dollar
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

43-38694

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Ass Bird
  • Unit: 511th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Group

44-6579

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Martha
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 511th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Stephenson, Illinois 16 June 1924 BornStephenson, Illinois

Enlisted

Camp Grant, Illinois 13 December 1942 EnlistedCamp Grant, Illinois

Other

Discharged

3 November 1945

Died

Freeport, Illinois 20 August 1999 DiedFreeport, Illinois

Buried

Orangeville Cemetery Orangeville, Illinois 23 August 1999 InterredOrangeville CemeteryOrangeville, Illinois

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/654250841

https://www.fold3.com/record/42174324/delbert-m-folgate-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/712797626/folgate-delbert-m-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.fold3.com/record/84488701/delbert-m-folgate-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.fold3.com/record/619344949/delbert-folgate-1924-us-veterans-affairs-birls-death-file-1850-2010

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146403466/delbert-m-folgate

 

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Combined information from duplicate record, additional information from: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/