Donald George Springsted
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down in B-17 44-6512 on 16 November 1944. Aircraft received a direct flak burst in #3 engine over target, setting it afire at 1205 hrs. Six chutes were observed, but one appeared to be on fire. The aircraft crash-landed at Tongeren (Tongres), Belgium, with injured pilot and tail gunner, the co-pilot was killed in the crash landing. MACR 10448
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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: 384th Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 12138829
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 16 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Asssigned |
17 July 1944 | Assigned as a co-pilot to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #140 dated 17 July 1944, Dale Morris McKinney Crew (as SPRINGSTAD). | |
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Other P |
27 September 1944 | 44-6141, Aircraft did not take off. Taxi accident prior to takeoff, crew not injured; replaced by ground spare aircraft 43‑37971. | |
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Other Crash landed |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 1 February 1945 | 43-38927, Lead squadron hot camera ship. Crash-landed at Molesworth Airfield, Station 107, on return from mission. Aircraft destroyed, no injuries to crew. |
Revisions
2015-07-16 Consolidated information Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10448 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=s...
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AAIR 44-09-27-510 / AAIR 45-02-01-539 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database