Argent Joseph Acosta Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22364.jpeg UPL 22364 2nd Lt Argent J Acosta Jr 384th FS, 364th FG, 8AF USAAF.

JCook corrected assigned unit from 363rd FG to 364th FG

Object Number - UPL 22364 - 2nd Lt Argent J Acosta Jr 384th FS, 364th FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319.



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Bettye Jo III Carolina Moon
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, LA 8 April 1921 Son of Argent Joseph Acosta Sr

Enlisted

New Orleans, Louisiana 2 September 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana

Other

Assigned

Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK 13 June 1944 - 27 August 1944 Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Killed in action

Kiel, Germany 27 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial RE-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D, Row 10, Grave 18.

Revisions

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ContributorAndycole0
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Sources

American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.ov
The National Archives and Records Administration
Ancestry.com WW2 Draft Cards 1940-1947

Date
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 8319 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8319 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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