David E Haight
MilitaryHe earned his DFC by saving the plane and crew through his radio operating skills. According to story by tail gunner on the crew. The navigator had bailed out already for some reason.
Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters , DFC
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Ugly Duckling
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak News April 2001, Combat Chronology RTD 30 August 1944 MACR 8457