Donald Charles Armstrong Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 24254 - Lt. Donald C Armstrong
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th ERS.
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-716271
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Tipton, IA 52772, USA | 13 August 1920 | Son of Donald Clement & Etta Beatrice [Willey] Armstrong. |
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Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 17 September 1942 | Des Moines, Iowa |
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Other Assigned |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | 26 October 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Blue on Blue |
Quakenbrück, Germany | 31 December 1944 | Whilst in a bounce on 4 Fw190's opened fire on E/A, just as P-47D 44-19792 flew across him. 2nd Lt William H Stovall KIA. |
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Other Crashed |
Tifton, GA, USA | 1 April 1952 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Tifton Aux Field, Tifton, GA Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald C Armstrong Jr, 1-Apr-52. T-6G 49-3367 - 3302FTSq |
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Other Crashed |
Langley AFB, Hampton, VA, USA | 24 August 1954 | Landing Accident Langley AFB Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald C Armstrong Jr, 24-Aug-54. F-84F 52-6526A - 509FBS 405FBW |
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Died |
Tipton, IA 52772, USA | 17 December 2008 | |
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Buried |
Masonic Cemetery Tipton Cedar County IA | 21 December 2008 | Masonic Cemetery Tipton Cedar County Iowa, USA |
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Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Other Transferred |
Halesworth IP19, UK |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Armstrong+&Submi…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Armstrong%2C+Don…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84641279_donald_c%20armstrong%20jr/details/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=44-19792&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/30324153
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Armstrong&GSfn=Do…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm
