Dale Eldon Gustafson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission in B-17 42-102611 'Lady Boss', last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6993.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

John Lewis Donaldson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19051046 / O-816730
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102611 Boss Lady

42-102611

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boss Lady
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Council Bluffs, IA, USA 19 August 1921 Son of Carl E and Lydia M Gustafson.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 9 September 1942

Died

Killed in action

5 miles off Great Yarmouth, UK 27 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) coastal training mission, last seen 5 miles off Great Yarmouth. Posted MIA, later as no trace had been found, changed to KIA MACR 6993.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 27 June 1944 Assigned to 250BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.
Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/85017820-dale-e-gustafson
https://www.fold3.com/record/529899369-dale-e-gustafson
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039317/?terms=19127645%20Dale%20E%20Gust…
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56290322/dale-e-gustafson

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 6993;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6993, Microfiche #2530