Dean Landfear
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Back row Landfear, WG. Clark, Tail. Harrison, Bdr. Nasch, C-P. Wood, Pilot. Friedman, Nav.
Front Row. Maxwell, WG. Walter, BTG. Watson ,RO. Warren TTG/E
Updated names
Object Number - UPL 57764 - The Wood/Nasch Crew Back row Landfear, WG. Clark, Tail. Harrison, Bdr. Nasch, C-P. Wood, Pilot. Friedman, Nav. Front Row. Maxwell, WG. Walter,...
Operational mission to Solingen in B-17F 42-30408 'Sharon Belle', mission was scrubbed due to weather, A/C was seen to explode at the nose, crashed near Astwell Castle with all crew lost, including Dean, 30-Nov-43. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18058400 / O-663914
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739834
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sharon Belle
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 April 1921 | Adopted by the Rev. Ford Caroll and Myrtle I Landfear. | |
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Enlisted |
23 April 1942 | Baltimore, Maryland | |
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Died |
30 November 1943 | A/C exploded mid air, crashed grounds of Astwell Castle. Killed in Action (KIA). | |
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Based |
30 November 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Trumbull Cemetery Trumbull, Ashtabula County, Ohio Lot 220 | ||
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Born |
Revisions
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Combat Chronology, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 394-5, NARA / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
