Douglas W Mortensen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action. Mid air collision and crashed into the English Channel in B-24 "The Wasp Nest" 42-109820.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Two airmen of the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group stand beneath the nose gun of a B-24 Liberator (NB-N_, serial number 42-109820) nicknamed: "The Wasp Nest".

42-109820

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota 22 May 1924 - 22 May 1924 Douglas Warren Mortensen was born 22 May 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His family later moved to Seattle, Washington, where Douglas attended high school and graduated with the 1942 Class of Highline High School. After he entered World War II,  his parents and some siblings moved from Seattle to Port Orchard, Washington.

Died

Killed in action

Cromen, England 29 July 1944 - 29 July 1944

Lived in

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www.ancestry.com

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56292695/douglas-w.-mortensen;
MACR 7804

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7804