Donald Browning Colbert
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
398th
Object Number - UPL 51977 - Donald Colbert
Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Hit in leg by flak over target area 8-Sep-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-771335
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31308815
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armorer/Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11099683 / O-764011
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Nashville, Tennessee | 5 June 1923 | Son of E W Colbert. |
|
Enlisted |
Camp Forrest, TN | 10 March 1943 | Camp Forrest, Tennessee |
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Died |
8 September 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Nashville National Cemetery Madison, Davidson County, TN | Nashville National Cemetery Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee | |
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Based |
Nuthampstead | 8 September 1944 | Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Combat Chronology, p. 156; 398th History, Vol II / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
