Donald Roger Decker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-18046.jpeg UPL 18046 PL-11261 11 September 1942 Wing Parade at #8 S.F.T.S., Moncton, N.B. A large representation of United States airmen were among a class of pilots which graduated recently from the Service Flying Training School of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Moncton, New Brunswick. Here they are seen in front of a trainer aircraft shortly after the wings parade at which their pilots insignia was pinned on their tunics. Front row, left to right: R.G. Bickerstaff, H.M. Chisholm, D.R. Decker, Westminister, Cal.;

Second row, left to right: R.W. Lawson, 330 Ashland Ave., Buffalo, N.Y.; M.J. Hughes, Green Knoll Park, Sommerville, N.J., R.A. Holt, 178 Feronia Way, Rutherford, N.J..; E.B. Havener, 194 North Main Street, Neckland, Mo.

Top row, left to right: H. Jones Jr., Fairfax, Ala.; R.G. Vossler, 4 Elm Street, Westfield, N.J.; M.P. Fahey, 169 West 87th Street, New York City; J.J. Hill, 1112 Garden Street, Hoboken, N.J.; M. Konove, 479 East, 7th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.; G.A. Tillinghast, 9 River Road, Fort Chester, N.Y.
Henry W. "Rocky" Jones,Jr.

Object Number - UPL 18046 - PL-11261 11 September 1942 Wing Parade at #8 S.F.T.S., Moncton, N.B. A large representation of United States airmen were among a class of pilots...

Interned in Turkey. Shot down on 8-Jan-43 while on TDY to 9th AF for Ploesti raid in B-24 'Horse Fly' 42-40267



Shot down and crashed near Charleroi, Belgium on return from a bombing mission to Aschersleben, Helmstedt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J 42-64166 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672946
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679073
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807917
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35326545
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Jamaica, New York 26 November 1920

Died

Killed in action

Helmstedt, Germany 20 February 1944 Shot down and crashed near Charleroi, Belgium on return from a bombing mission to Aschersleben, Helmstedt, GR on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24J 42-64166 'Big Fat Butterfly'. Killed in Action (KIA).

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemtery in Louisville, KY 8 November 1951 Re-Interred Group burial at the Zachary Taylor National Cemtery in Louisville, Kentucky

Based

Shipdham 20 February 1944 Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Eastwood Cemetery Lancaster, Worcester County, MA Memorialised Eastwood Cemetery Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Removed information relating to 42-40267 'Horse Fly'. No crew list linking airman to aircraft.

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Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- MACR 2449 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 8250;
-AAM Database.;
- http://www.ancestry.com/

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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2449, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 219

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