Dale D Dorning

Military
media-39003.jpeg UPL 39003 "A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 25 June 1944."

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Vincent Miller, T/Sgt Howard P Siegle, Sgt James A Burgess, Sgt Dale D Dorning, S/Sgt Harold L Willey, Sgt Robert L Wilmoth.

Front L-R: 2Lt Walter R Nielsen, 2Lt Rexford Feaster, 2Lt Hector A Kaufman, 2Lt Howard H Hamilton.

Object Number - UPL 39003 - "A crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, poses for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England on 25 June 1944." Rear L-R: ...

Evaded (EVD) Damaged by flak and crashed near Antwerp on 8/9/44 in B-17 Busy Beaver #4337951

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Red Dragon
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York State 9 February 1925 Son of Robert J and Olive Evelyn [Meyhew] Dorning.

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Evaded (EVD)

France 9 August 1944

Died

Washington, USA 11 March 2015

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, WA 14 March 2015 Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, WA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7393 / MACR 7393; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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