Dean Gray Aitken

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-37015.jpeg UPL 37015 SSGT Dean Gray Aitken
Ball Turret Gunner
Wilbur H. Turner Crew
446 BG - 705 BS
KIA - 12 June 1944

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Object Number - UPL 37015 - SSGT Dean Gray Aitken Ball Turret Gunner Wilbur H. Turner Crew 446 BG - 705 BS KIA - 12 June 1944

B-24 'Do-Jim-Don' #42-94859 shot down by flak and fighter aircraft, crashed near Rennes 12 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Wilbur H Turner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-792356
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (RT-F, serial number 42-94859) nicknamed "Do-Jin-Don" of the 446th Bomb Group, featuring Donald Duck. Image via Albert R Krassman Jr. Written on slide casing: 'Do-Jin-Don.'

42-94859

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dodgin Don
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tilden, Illinois, USA 24 September 1924

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Chartes de Bretagne, Frnace 12 June 1944

Buried

Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9170/42861_647350_0535-00515?pid=7…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60541&h=394748…

Chris Brassfield Collection - Special Orders Number 33 - HQ 18 Replacement Wing, Salt Lake City, UT - 2 February 1944

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5802 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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