Dale Glenn Hulsey
Military
Object Number - UPL 48864 - T/Sgt Dale G Hulsey, 343BS, 98BG
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'The Witch' 41-11840 1-Aug-43; Shot down. Evaded (EVD). MACR 173.
He linked up with Tito's partisans and continued to fight on the ground for 319 days until he was rescued by the OSS.
Awards: DFC, BS, GC, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074175 / O-728742
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Witch
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
De Leon, TX | 15 November 1921 | Son of Charles Alonso and Beulah Alta [Littlefield] Hulsey. |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | 25 April 1942 | Dallas, Texas |
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Other Shot down EVD |
1 August 1943 | ||
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
Yugoslavia | 1 August 1943 | 319 days fighting with Tito's partisans. |
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Died |
Fort Worth, TX | 13 November 2014 | |
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Buried |
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX | 20 November 2014 | Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Discharge papers received from congresswoman Rep. Kay Granger from the military archives.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 175
