Herbert VanderVate Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49382 - Lt Herbert O. Vandervate, 334FS, 4FG
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Last seen strafing a truck convoy in P-51 44-14310, southeast of Schirmeck, France. 28-Aug-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8300.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 27 September 1917 | Son of Herbert Sr and Anna H [Clenersley] VanderVate. |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 10 February 1941 | Buffalo, New York |
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Based Assigned |
Debden | 4 June 1944 - 28 August 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Schirmeck, France | 28 August 1944 | Last seen strafing a truck convoy in P-51 44-14310, southeast of Schirmeck, France. 28-Aug-44. KIA. MACR 8300. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html;
- MACR 8300;
- Personal research (Paul Heys) & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
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Additional details from http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org
