Dean W Day
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #85 dated 6 May 1944, Donald W. Bagby Crew. 32 combat missions.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hebron, NE 68370, USA | 26 September 1923 | |
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Other Bailed Out (BO) |
Withersfield, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9, UK | 7 July 1944 | Day survived a collision during assembly for a mission on 7 July 1944. He bailed out after his aircraft collided with 42-102442 over England due to weather conditions, and crashed 8 mi from Ridgewell at Withersfield, UK. Accident Report Number 44-07-07-515 |
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Enlisted |
Revisions
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5399
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=day&GSfn=dean&GSm…;
21 September 2015 - Merged with duplicate entries to include details from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=d...
AAIR 44-07-07-515 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
