Edward A Dingivan
Military
Object Number - UPL 41460 - Dingivan crew, 709th squadron, 447th BG. Photo taken at Rattlesden; from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H)...
Mr. Dingivan was pilot of 'Brass Wagon', flying his first combat mission to Neuminster , Germany in September 1944. He completed a tour of 30 combat missions in the B-17. after the war, Director of Traffic during the Berlin Airlift and Commander of the 35th Air Transport Squadron. Later Military Executive to the Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force, he retired in 1969. Lead crew pilot for 19 missions.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dead Man's Hand
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 September 1944
- Date: 11 September 1944
- Date: 11 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York City, New York | 8 December 1919 | |
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Died |
2 December 2010 | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
447th history
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945; Oral History Interview
