Ernest Leroy Burdge Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 29458 - Capt Ernest L Burdge. SFX/2SF (ex 92nd BG). P-51D 44-13728 OS-G.
Assigned to 92BG, 8AF USAAF, 30 x B-17 combat missions. Transferred to ESF, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 385FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 383FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. 40 x scouting missions.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 357th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
![P-51 Mustangs of the 355th Fighter Group break formation, ready for landing, over the ground support vehicles and control tower of Steeple Morden Airfield. Image signed on reverse with the approval of station censor. Handwritten caption on reverse: '355 FG Steeple Morden, Control Tower, read crew + P41 [sic] group peeling off for landing.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377141.jpg.webp?itok=zxxvSLfB)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minnesota, USA | 9 December 1915 | Son of Ernest L and Margaret S Burdge. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 27 November 1941 | |
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Based Transferred 1st Scouting Force |
Steeple Morden | 21 September 1944 - 22 October 1944 | Transferred 385FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based Transferred 383rd Fighter Squadron |
Steeple Morden | 22 October 1944 | Transferred 383FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Columbia, MD, USA | 31 August 2006 | |
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Other End of War |
Europe | ||
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Based Transferred |
Steeple Morden | 21 September 1944 | Transferred to ESF, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based |
Podington | Assigned to 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
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