Harold Vincent Denton
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Image c/o William C Hughes via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence
Object Number - UPL 6832 - Technical Sergeant Harold Vincent Denton of the 389th Bomb Group.
Killed in Action (KIA) in friendly fire incident when bombs fell from B-17 Flying Fortresses above onto their aircraft B-24 'Bigast Boid' #4251233 over St Augustines, France.
Unofficially one of the final combat casualties of the 389th Bomb Group.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Bigast Boid
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Norfolk, Virginia, USA | 28 August 1925 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 14 April 1945 | It appears from reports that this occurred due to Bombs from B-17s flying above the B-24s |
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Buried |
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA | 18 December 1948 |
Revisions
William C Hughes, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.
Page at Find a Grave
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13906 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
