Donald A Gustavson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on training mission, part of Dyatt's crew. Went down with plane "Bachelor's Heaven". Plane caught fire.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bachelor's Heaven
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 April 1905 | ||
Died |
7 November 1944 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Added S/N & Rank per info on fold3.com.
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/639643674/donald-a-gustavson/facts
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - “Bachelor” was misspelled.
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Combat Sup/100th BG internet site www.100thbg.com. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia