Delmar H Arvey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Hit by ME109s on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37959 'Esky' went into a dive , broke up in air, and crashed N of Brunswick. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

385th Bomb Group

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

550th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-37959

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Esky
Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		23 March 1944
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Buried	Pennsylvania
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Belgium	23 March 1944

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:14

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3317 / MACR 3317, Losse of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database