Dover C Fleming Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 8-Oct-43 in P-47C 41-6268, 56FG/63FS while on a mission to escort B-17s attacking at Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was attacked by fighters and crashed into the Zuider Zee (Ijsselmeer) near Amsterdam, Holland.
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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
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
IJsselmeer, Netherlands | 8 October 1943 | Killed when his aircraft was shot down and crashed into the Ilsselmeer near Amsterdam, Holland. |
Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, AM Begraafplaats 1, 6269 NA Margraten | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 939;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- Lee Cunningham 3-Jul-2015. Flagged as DUPLICATE. Aircraft association was incorrect. Corrected entry as Dover C. Fleming, Jr.
Lee Cunningham 3-Jul-2015. Adde decoration and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records; and KIA event per MACR 939; Added Descritpion based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 939 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list