Dean Weston Pilkington

Military

Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Baled out Sth of Höver, Germany, area on a mission to Berlin, on 22 Mar 1944 in B-24 41-28678. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: AM, POW, WWI Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-24H Liberator (J3-M, serial number 41-28678) of the 755th Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group lands at Horsham St. Faith , March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24H of 458th Bomb Group landing at Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk in late March 1944. 6 Foot Dix.' Second handwritten on reverse: '458 B.G., 8th Air Force.' Printed caption on reverse: '81779 AC - Consolidated B-24 of 458th Bomb Group arrives at air base somewhere in England after completing 200th mission, 1944. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

41-28678

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

White Hall, Illinois, USA 19 November 1922 Born White Hall, Illinois

Enlisted

Peoria, Illinois 1 December 1942 Enlisted Peoria, Illinois

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 22 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Höver, 31319 Sehnde, Germany 22 March 1944 Baled out Sth of Höver, Germany, area on a mission to Berlin, on 22 Mar 1944 in B-24H 41-28678. POW.

Other

Discharged

30 October 1945

Died

9 November 1946

Buried

​​​​​​​Hickory Grove Cemetery Wrights, Illinois 12 November 1946 Interred Hickory Grove Cemetery Wrights, Illinois

Based

Horsham St Faith 22 March 1944 Assigned to 755BS, 458BG, 8AF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/656859445

https://www.fold3.com/record/84483995/dean-w-pilkington-us-wwii-army-en…

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60565521/dean-w-pilkington

https://legacy.catalog.archives.gov/id/143796164

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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmacr.asp?MACR=3555&Submit=Go
http://www.458bg.com/crew72dunlevie.htm

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3555 / MACR 3555, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database