Edgar G Delp
Military ROLL OF HONOURTail gunner, Hess crew. 381st BG, 535th BS. Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-3540 'Bacta-th'-Sac'. Mission #46 to Solinger, Germany. MACR 1660. Killed in Action (KIA). S/Sgt Delp was wounded in the ribs, leg, face, stomach, chest and L arm at his gun station. He possibly shot down an ME-110. He was captured with 2LT Hess and 2LT Randle. The Germans bandaged his wounds but gave him very little medical attention for three days. He was separated from the other crew members and sent to a Red Cross hospital in Brussels, Belgium. He wrote his mother a letter on 5 December 1943 stating he was doing well. S/Sgt Delp died of his wounds on 12 December 1943. Buried in the Ardennes AMC.
Pennsylvania
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33327732
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32426578
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794661
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38219887
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35418214
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer Jr III, Bacta-Th-Sac
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 7 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Wounded |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | |
Died |
12 December 1943 | In Red Cross hospital in Brussells | |
Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Plot C Row 14 Grave 2 |
Revisions
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1660 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1660 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database