Edward A Dingivan

Military
media-41460.jpeg UPL 41460 Dingivan crew, 709th squadron, 447th BG. Photo taken at Rattlesden; from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056. Standing, L-R: Lt. George Moore, Capt. Elwyn Warfle, Capt. Charles W. Jackson, Capt. Edward A. Dingivan, Lt. Michael Walsh, Capt. Homer Stranger; Kneeling, L-R: M/Sgt. Frank Rumola, T/Sgt. Barney Langdon, T/Sgt. Leon Butler, T/Sgt. Samuel Cattan. Image taken most likely after first mission September 11th, 1944. Dead Mans Hand was the plane 447th Bomb Group collection

447th history book

Object Number - UPL 41460 - Dingivan crew, 709th squadron, 447th BG. Photo taken at Rattlesden; from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H)...

Mr. Dingivan was pilot of 'Brass Wagon', flying his first combat mission to Neuminster , Germany in September 1944. He completed a tour of 30 combat missions in the B-17. after the war, Director of Traffic during the Berlin Airlift and Commander of the 35th Air Transport Squadron. Later Military Executive to the Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force, he retired in 1969. Lead crew pilot for 19 missions.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dead Man's Hand
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron

Missions

623

  • Date: 11 September 1944

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Born

New York City, New York 8 December 1919

Died

2 December 2010

Buried

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Timothy Motz

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945; Oral History Interview

Edward A Dingivan: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 41460 - Dingivan crew, 709th squadron, 447th BG. Photo...

Object number: UPL 43858 - Dingivan Crew 708th Standing, L-R: Lt George Moore...