Samuel B Dale Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 26469
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Conches mission. Last seen with 4 x E/A on his tail, out of ammo and fully engaged, his formation comrades were unable to assist him - crashed near Evreux in P-47 42-75859, Killed in Action (KIA) 4-Jul-44. MACR 6559.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Connections
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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-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbia, MS | 26 November 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Hattiesburg, MS | 25 October 1940 | Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
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Based |
Boxted | 27 January 1944 - 4 July 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted UK | 30 May 1944 | Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Evreux, France | 4 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Conches mission. Crashed near Evreux in P-47D 42-75859 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6559 |
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Other Promotion |
19 July 1944 | Promoted Posthumously to First Lieutenant. | |
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery Columbia, Marion County, MS | Memorialised Woodlawn Cemetery Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search/
https://www.fold3.com/image/28992277
https://www.fold3.com/record/529918784-sam-b-dale-jr
https://www.fold3.com/image/310953071?terms=Sam%20B%20Dale
https://www.fold3.com/record/83953569-sam-b-dale
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13842775/sam-b-dale
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56643706/sam-b-dale
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 6559;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
