Darrel D Bachman

Military

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 12 missions. 1 x damaged [air], 1 x destroyed [ground],1 x damaged [ground]. EOW.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY, USA 4 August 1924 Son of Harvey and Ethel Bachman.

Enlisted

Rochester, NY, USA 15 December 1942 Rochester, New York

Based

Wormingford 23 March 1945 - 5 June 1945 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Brunnthal, Germany 9 April 1945 Me262 destroyed [Ground] Munich-Brunnthal.

Other

E/A Damaged

Brunnthal, Germany 9 April 1945 He111 damaged [Ground] Munich-Brunnthal.

Other

E/A Damaged

Calvörde, Germany 10 April 1945 Me262 damaged [Air]Calvörde.

Other

Promoted

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 6 May 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Crashed

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 5 June 1945 Landing Accident Wormingford/Sta 159 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Darrel D Bachman, 5-Jun-45. 38FS 55FG 8AF

Died

Cumming, GA, USA 6 May 1998

Other

End of War

Europe

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- WWW.55th.org roster

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Correction to Surname.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list