Delmar A Decker

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 22540 - San Antonio Rose crew photographed during training in United States before unidentified aircraft. Standing L to R: Morris R. Marks (pilot), Frank...

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, which was obscured by clouds, on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3462 'San Antonio Rose' and crashed near Utrecht, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

21 February 1944

Born

Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 21 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:13
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2424 / MACR 2424, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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