Donald Christensen Aagesen
Military
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 23 February 1945
- Date: 29 January 1945
- Date: 1 January 1945
- Date: 18 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 19 August 1941 | |
|
Died |
8 November 1982 | ||
|
Buried |
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, IL | 11 November 1982 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois, USA Section 4 Site 316 |
| Joliet, Illinois | 210 3rd Street |
Revisions
National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121381339/donald-c-aagesen
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, 303rd BG website
