Donald Martin Pfaff
MilitaryAssigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from training mission, part of a four ship formation, bounced by friendly P-47's pilot lost control in the break and crashed into a row of houses in Riverside Row, Upper Tean, Staffordshire. 14-Jul-44. Pilot 2Lt Donald M Pfaff Killed in Training Accident (KITA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 486th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Honey Baby
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 495th Fighter Training Group 487th Fighter Squadron 552nd Fighter Training Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 June 1922 | Son of Michael and Matilda Pfaff. | |
Enlisted |
9 October 1942 | ||
Other Crashed |
22 November 1943 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Newport AAF, AR Cat 3 damage 2Lt Donald M Pfaff, 22-Nov-43. BT-13A 42-42813 - 1066BFTSq | |
Other Crashed |
8 July 1944 | Mid Air Collision with P-47C 41-6203 Llangallen 8-Jul-44. Belly landing Atcham. P-47D 42-74720 - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF | |
Died |
14 July 1944 | Fatal Crash Destroyed by Fire Upper Tean Cat 5 damage 2Lt Donald M Pfaff, 14-Jul-44. P-47D 42-22491 - 552FTS 495FTG 8AF | |
Buried |
15 July 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Born |
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Based |
14 July 1944 | Assigned to 552FTS, 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Woodland cemetery Wilkinsburg, Allegheney, PA |
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