Donald E Morgart
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Object Number - UPL 21853 - Donald E Morgart - Melbourne, 2055th EFF, KIA
Killed in Action (KIA)
Assigned to 2025th EAFFP – MOS 383, Firefighter Overseas Shipment No. 0885-EE, SO#252
Killed in Action (KIA) when the B-17 he was a passenger on caught fire and crashed at Cooper Farm, Lawshall, 7 miles south of Bury St. Edmonds Airbase, England
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Platoon
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Camp Dodge, Johnston, IA 50131, USA | 4 March 1943 | |
|
Died Killed in action |
Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds, UK | 23 April 1944 | |
|
Born |
Grinnell, Iowa | ||
|
Buried |
Plot A Row 7 Grave 4 | ||
| Marshall County, IA, USA |
Revisions
Unit History received from Air Force Historical Research Agency; http://www.afhra.af.mil/
Access to Archival Databases: https://aad.archives.gov
Unit association from "Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
