Herman H Delager
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26784 - 2nd. Lt. Herman H. Delager, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2 x victories. Lost on ferry flight from Stansted to base in P-51D 44-63658, Delager last contacted base, indicating he was in-bound to base over water, most likely lost in North Sea. 19-Jan-45 DNB MACR 11872
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH.
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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-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
New York, NY | 25 November 1942 | |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston, UK | 15 November 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
27 November 1944 | E/A Destroyed 27-Nov-44. | |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
2 December 1944 | E/A Destroyed 2-Dec-44. | |
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Died Killed in Training (KIT) |
North Sea | 19 January 1945 | Lost on ferry flight from Stansted to base in P-51D 44-63658; most likely lost in North Sea. 19-Jan-45 DNB MACR 11872 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Based |
Leiston | 19 January 1945 | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Born |
Bergen County, NJ | Bergen County, NJ |
Revisions
Combat Chronology, The 357th Over Europe / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
