Donald Earnest Chrissinger
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 38254 - 1Lt Don Chrissinger 55th FS KIFA
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Element leader 55FS, 135 x combat hours, credited 1 x Me-109. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-51D 44-13702 18-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, American Campaign, PH, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
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
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mount Pleasant, Iowa | 18 March 1920 | Son of Earnest G and Erma Jane [Anderson] Chrissinger. |
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Enlisted |
Des Moines, IA, USA | 18 September 1941 | Fort Des Moines, Iowa |
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Other Crashed |
Madden Field, Panama | 17 October 1943 | Belly Landing due to Engine Failure Madden Field Panama Cat 4 damage 2Lt Donald E Chrissinger, 17-Oct-43. P-39Q 42-19643 - 29FS 16FG 6AF |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Halle (Saale), Germany | 2 November 1944 | Me109 destroyed Halle 2-Nov-44. |
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Died Killed - non combat |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough PE8, UK | 18 November 1944 | Died in non-combat landing accident in P-51D 44-13702 on 18-Nov-44. |
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Buried |
19 November 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
Burge cemetery Mount Pleasant, IA | Re-Interred Burge cemetery Mount Pleasant, Iowa | |
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Based |
Kings Cliffe | 18 November 1944 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/page/84571711-donald-e-chrissinger/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/310952189?rec=300669740
https://www.fold3.com/image/320501865
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Chrissinger+&Sub…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Chrissinger&Subm…
http://www.spitfireperformance.com/mustang/combat-reports/20-chrissinge…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16631274/donald-ernest-chrissinger
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
