Donald Christensen Aagesen

Military
media-36485.jpeg UPL 36485 Captain Donald C. Aagesen
Pilot
303BG - 427BS

Object Number - UPL 36485 - Captain Donald C. Aagesen Pilot 303BG - 427BS

Donald C Aageson served as a pilot with the 303rd Bomb Group. He flew 29 missions.



Twenty-nine credited combat missions of 1Lt Donald C. Aageson:



As Combat Crew Pilot: Seventeen missions - 277 (20 Nov 44), 278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 291, 295, 298A, 298B, 300 (AS), 302, 303 (17 January 1945)



As Lead Crew CoPilot or Pilot: Twelve missions - 309 (29 Jan 1945), 310, 311, 317, 321, 326, 330, 334, 343, 351, 363, 364 (25 April 1945)



(AS) - Credited Abortive Sortie - no bombs dropped. For mission dates and targets see the missions list.

http://www.303rdbg.com/427aageson.html



Pilot for TWA after the war.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13145369 / O-2064547
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35109502
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15117710
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2068386
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0762576?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Missions

  • Date: 23 February 1945
  • Date: 29 January 1945
  • Date: 1 January 1945
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front.  Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.
  • Date: 18 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

19 August 1941

Died

8 November 1982

Buried

11 November 1982 Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois, USA Section 4 Site 316

Born

210 3rd Street

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, 303rd BG website

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