Allan Eugene Budden

Military
media-29675.jpeg UPL 29675 Photo of B17 Flight Crew taken November 28, 1944 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Dave Serbin)

Pilot Donovan G. Helgeson was my Great-uncle.

Object Number - UPL 29675 - Photo of B17 Flight Crew taken November 28, 1944 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Dave Serbin)

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Donovan Helgeson crew. 28 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Donovan Garrett Helgeson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17030966 / O-568565
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret/Engineer / Pilot

Aircraft

43-38229

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Better Duck
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron

43-38317

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Evader
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

43-38657

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Evasive Action
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

43-38990

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Creamer
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

44-8460

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lansing, MI 4 November 1923 Son of Victor Charles and Ethel Mae [Lundy] Budden.

Died

27 January 2014

Buried

Deepdale Memorial Park Delta Township, Eaton County, MI Deepdale Memorial Park Delta Township, Eaton County, Michigan

Based

Horham Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/660608691
https://www.fold3.com/image/136706942
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/836
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225598270/allan-e-budden

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https://www.fold3.com/image/660608691
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/836
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225598270/allan-e-budden

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php

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