Dean Gray Aitken
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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SSGT Dean Gray Aitken
Ball Turret Gunner
Wilbur H. Turner Crew
446 BG - 705 BS
KIA - 12 June 1944
Ball Turret Gunner
Wilbur H. Turner Crew
446 BG - 705 BS
KIA - 12 June 1944
B-24 'Do-Jim-Don' #42-94859 shot down by flak and fighter aircraft, crashed near Rennes 12 June 1944. Killed in Action (KIA)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792356
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dodgin Don
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tilden, Illinois, USA | 24 September 1924 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Chartes de Bretagne, Frnace | 12 June 1944 | |
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Sources
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9170/42861_647350_0535-00515?pid=7…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60541&h=394748…
Chris Brassfield Collection - Special Orders Number 33 - HQ 18 Replacement Wing, Salt Lake City, UT - 2 February 1944
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5802 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database