Military
Major Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. seated in cockpit of F86D Sabre Jet, 326 Fighter Intercepter Group, Central Air Defense Force, Grandview Air Force Base, Grandview, Missouri, with Crew Chief (i.e., circa 1955).
Captain Oscar R. Fladmark, Jr, Flight Commander, seated F51 Mustang Fighter, Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr., Commanding Officer, looking on approvingly, recently reactivated 35th Fighter Intercepter Wing, 5th Air Force, Far East Forces, Korea (i.e., February 22, 1951). Both Men were former members of the 175th Fighter Intercepter Squadron, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Air National Guard in September 20, 1946.
Major Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. , Operations Officer, standing at left, shaking hands with Major General Jarred Vincent Crabb, Commanding Officer, standing at right, Central Air Defense Force, Grandview Air Force Base, Grandview, Missouri (i.e., circe 1955).
Flew 64 combat missions,in WWII,then served in Air National Guard, Korean War (he flew 100 combat missions).
After Korean War he served at Scott AFB as Flight Leader. Promoted to Major in 1955.
Fladmark was killed in a car crash on 27 July 1955 in Yuma AZ. He was stationed at Grandview AFB at time. 270 hours in World War II, July-Dec. 1944, P-51D 44-13786
Air Medal w 10/Oak Leaf Cluster (WWII); DFC (Korean War); 'Mach Busters Club' Award (F86);
Military | Brigadier General | Commanding Officer | 78th Fighter Group
Frederic C. Gray was born in 1911 near Palestine, Texas. He attended Rising Star High School and graduated in 1931 from Abilene Christian College with a bachelor of arts degree.
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Military | Colonel | Headquarters, Pilot | 359th Fighter Group
Jan. 1943-Nov. 1944, to 67th Fighter Wing
Group
The 359th Fighter Group flew 346 missions from East Wretham between December 1943 and April 1945. In the main these missions were escorting bombers flying over occupied Europe. The Group, soon after converting from Thunderbolts to Mustangs, were...
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Lost 31-Dec-44 - Lt Donald L Murphy KIA MACR 11459.
2 November 1944
Military site : airfield
East Wretham was not improved to Class A standard. It retained its shorter runways, although eventually pierced-steel planking was laid to make take offs and landings easier for the Thunderbolt, and then Mustang, pilots. Steel matting was also laid to...
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| Born | Moe, South Dakota | 23 June 1922 |
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Father Alesund, Norway and Mother Norwegian Nationality. |
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| Died | San Diego, CA, USA | 27 July 1955 |
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San Diego Naval Hospital, California. Car Accident Yuma Air Base, Yuma, Arizona. |
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| Full Military Honors | Sioux Falls, SD, USA | 2 August 1955 |
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MAJOR OSCAR R. FLADMARK, JR. Memorial Service was Second Largest at First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. South Dakota Governor Joe Foss (Medal of Honor) folded flag, Missing Man Formation Flyover with South Dakota Air National Guard Jets. Several Newspaper and Television Reports. Associated Press (National), Kansas City Star Newspaper (Front Page) and Twin Cities, Minnesota TV News Media. |
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| Buried | Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 2 August 1955 |
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Hills of Rest Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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| 20 September 2015 16:12:37 | gfladmark@yahoo.com | Changes to events |
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Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr., Biography. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 September 2015 16:05:39 | gfladmark@yahoo.com | Changes to aircraft associations and mission associations |
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Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. Biography. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 September 2015 15:56:38 | gfladmark@yahoo.com | Changes to middlename, suffix, nickname, biography, awards, events, person associations and place associations |
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Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. Biography. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 September 2015 15:12:07 | gfladmark@yahoo.com | Changes to media associations |
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Oscar Randolph Fladmark, Jr. Biography |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Unit History |
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