Donald Christensen Aagesen
MilitaryPilot
303BG - 427BS
Donald C Aageson served as a pilot with the 303rd Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions.
Twenty-nine credited combat missions of 1Lt Donald C. Aageson:
As Combat Crew Pilot: Seventeen missions - 277 (20 Nov 44), 278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 291, 295, 298A, 298B, 300 (AS), 302, 303 (17 January 1945)
As Lead Crew CoPilot or Pilot: Twelve missions - 309 (29 Jan 1945), 310, 311, 317, 321, 326, 330, 334, 343, 351, 363, 364 (25 April 1945)
(AS) - Credited Abortive Sortie - no bombs dropped. For mission dates and targets see the missions list.
http://www.303rdbg.com/427aageson.html
Pilot for TWA after the war.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 2069811
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 779181
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 2065595
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679128
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot / Squadron Commanding Officer
Aircraft
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
19 August 1941 | ||
Died |
8 November 1982 | ||
Buried |
11 November 1982 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois, USA Section 4 Site 316 | |
Born |
210 3rd Street |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, 303rd BG website