Donald Ahler De Armond
MilitaryAssigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 1-Aug-43 on TDY to 9th AF, was interned in Turkey on Ploesti raid in B24 42-40608 'The Urgin Virgin'
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665742
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Colton, CA | 21 February 1918 | Son of Mary Ahler De Armond. |
Enlisted |
March Field, Riverside, CA | 23 February 1942 | March Field, Riverside, California |
Other Interned |
Corlu, Turkey | 1 August 1943 | |
Other Discharged USAAF |
10 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Other Draft registration |
Colton, CA | Employed by Bank of America. | |
Based |
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ploesti by Dugan and Stewart, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I p. 221