John Joseph Dellitt

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-47620.png UPL 47620 2nd Lt John J Dellitt, 392BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47620 - 2nd Lt John J Dellitt, 392BG

Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: AM, PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Clyde Wix Rigby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19073211 / O-743208
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

An arirman of the 392nd Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator nicknamed "War Horse". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'War Horse, 392BG.'

42-7479

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Horse
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dallas County, TX, USA 28 October 1916 Son of George Sylvester and Nell C Dellitt.

Enlisted

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dallas, TX, USA 13 January 1941 Dallas, Texas

Died

North Sea 4 January 1944 Killed in Action (KIA). Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-24 42-7479 'War Horse'. Target Kiel, Germany. Plane crashed into North Sea.
Dallas, Texas, USA

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Buried

Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Dallas Memorialised Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA.

Based

Wendling 4 January 1944 Assigned to 577BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

ABMC, MACR 1909, Losses of 8th AF / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1909 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 47620 - 2nd Lt John J Dellitt, 392BG