Donald J DeVilliers

Military

UPL 65827 UPL 65827 Capt. DeVilliers On

Object Number - UPL 65827 - Capt. DeVilliers

Donald was born June 8th 1922 in Rochester, MN. Served in WWII with 6 Ground Kills and then served in Korea and Vietnam retiring as a Lt. Col. Received the DFC on June 23rd, 1945 with OLC & Air Medal on October 23 1944 with 8 OLC.

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From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

83rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

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Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

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Date5 May 2024 00:20:43

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Jim Hanson Collection

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Jim Hanson Collection

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ulongbeach.com

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Jim Hason Collection

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Jim Hanson Collection

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Jim Hanson

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Newspapers.com

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Jim Hanson Collection

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78th FG

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133

Donald J DeVilliers: Gallery (7 items)

Object number: UPL 65827 - Capt. DeVilliers

Object number: UPL 83357 - Don DeVilliers P-47

Object number: UPL 83360 - Newspaper Clipping from Minneapolis Star Tribune...

Object number: UPL 83363 - Donald DeVilliers in Sierra Sue II in 1990's Eden...

Object number: UPL 83366 - Don DeVilliers P-51 HL-O "Devil Ears"

Object number: UPL 83372 - Donald DeVilliers P-51 HL-O "Devil Ears" Colorized