Donald Isaac Soale
Military
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UPL 38451
"A group of Boeing B-17 flying fortress Co-pilots, ready to take off on a bombing operation in support of the ground forces fighting in France, pause for a moment to hear the latest news from the beachhead. Thus far, the airmen, because of thick clouds, have seen nothing of the fighting despite their constant bombing journeys over the battle lines."
L- R: 2Lts Joseph C Hainzen, Dillinger, PA; Victor Romasco, Uxbridge, MA; Donald Soale, Dayton, OH; Harry A Smith, Mt Pocono, PA; and Robert A Douglas, Kansas City, KS.
L- R: 2Lts Joseph C Hainzen, Dillinger, PA; Victor Romasco, Uxbridge, MA; Donald Soale, Dayton, OH; Harry A Smith, Mt Pocono, PA; and Robert A Douglas, Kansas City, KS.
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 31 x missions. Became group lead crew.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Blanchester, Warren County, OH | 2 August 1921 | Son of Isaac Hamilton Soale and Rosa Belle Boatman. |
Enlisted |
Patterson Field, Fairfield, OH | 8 May 1942 | Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio |
Died |
Washington Court House, OH | 20 February 2008 | |
Buried |
Washington Cemetery, Washington Court House, Fayette County, OH | 25 February 2008 | Washington Cemetery Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio |
Jamestown, OH | |||
Other Flight training |
Greenwood AAF, MS | Pilot training, Class of 43- Greenwood AAF, Mississippi | |
Based |
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx