Albert Donald Drgon

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Albert Drgon attended High School for 2 years before starting to work. He was working as a bar tender in his father’s hotel in Pittock,Pennsylvania in 1940. The hotel was the International Hotel. He registered on 16 October 1940 at the local draft board in McKees Rock, PA and enlisted in the Air Corps in July 1942. Trained as an engineer/gunner, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group / 407th Bomb Squadron. He was killed in the loss of B-17 42-30726 on the 14 October 1943 Schweinfurt mission. Killed in Action (KIA). His brother-in-law, James Gast served in the US Navy.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18040599 and O2044434
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32513804
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38124471
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner / Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33350889
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: French
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 10601250
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

23 April 1917 the son of Austrian-born Albert and Agnes Drgon

Enlisted

8 July 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

14 October 1943 Killed in fighter attack leaving the target. Reported by co-pilot McIntosh as the first man killed in the plane, hit by 20mm shells in the back of the head and in the chest. He was dead when McIntosh reached him before bailing out.

Buried

Initially buried by the Germans in the cemetery of Kembach, Germany.

Born

Buried

His remains were brought after the war to the Lorraine Cemetery. He rests at Plot B Row 30 Grave 50

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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joyce wennersten cleary

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joyce Wennersten Cleary. Niece daughter of his sister Stella

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joyce Wennersten Cleary. Niece daughter of his sister Stella

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joyce Wennersten Cleary. Niece daughter of his sister Stella

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MACR 846
US 1940 Census
NARA WWII Enlistment Records

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Lee Cunningham 15-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 846; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Reconcile dual entry by data ingest.

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MACR 846 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database