Donald Wesley Irvine
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
42-29960, Mission No. 71
Photo contributed by Carol Carman. https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/232065/category/Erickson…
Object Number - UPL 65247 - Donald W. Irvine, Bombardier, 544th Bomb Squad, 384th Bomb Group. KIA 4th July 1943, 42-29960, Mission No. 71
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943. Original Crew #1. Killed In Action (KIA). Shot down 4 July 1943 in B-17 #4229960 'Nymokymi. '
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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 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797007
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60135
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-796529
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 4 July 1943
- Date: 29 June 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
- Date: 26 June 1943
- Date: 25 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Belfonds, France | 4 July 1943 | Low Squadron Deputy. Damaged by flak after the target, then further attacked by Me-109s; crashed near Belfonds, France. No MACR |
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Born |
St Louis, Missouri |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 176, NARA, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
