Ralph Hubert Dearey
MilitaryAssigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Bordeaux in P-51B 42-106615; crashed near Le Mans due to weather conditions 19-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5944
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts.
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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: 339th Fighter Group 503rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Grand Forks, ND | 5 August 1921 | Son J E Dearey. |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 8 May 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 19 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Le Mans, France | 19 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort Bordeaux in P-51B 42-106615; crashed near Le Mans due to weather conditions 19-Jun-44 POW MACR 5944 |
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Died |
16 December 1973 | ||
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Buried |
21 December 1973 | Interred Arlington National Cemetery | |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 19 June 1944 | Assigned to 503FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Glendale, CA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5944 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list