Donald R Engel

Military

Assigned to 492FS, 48FG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) armoured column cover to Urbach, Germany in P-47 42-8445 Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Nov-44. MACR 15880/10581

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Units served with

48th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

492nd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-8445

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 48th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron 492nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Ibsley

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Toledo, OH, USA	3 December 1923	Son of William and Matilda Engel.
Enlisted	Miami Beach, FL, USA	18 February 1943
Died	Euskirchen, Germany	21 November 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) armoured column cover to Urbach, Germany in P-47 42-8445 Killed in Action (KIA) 21-Nov-44. MACR 15880/10581
Based	Ibsley	21 November 1944	Assigned to 492FS, 48FG, 9AF USAAF.
Buried	Toledo Memorial Park, 6382 Monroe St, Sylvania, OH 43560, USA		Re-Interred Toledo Memorial Park Sylvania Lucas County Ohio, USA
	Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Revisions

Date7 Nov 2017 16:43:59

ContributorAl_Skiff

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