Herbert VanderVate Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-49382.jpeg UPL 49382 Lt Herbert O. Vandervate, 334FS, 4FG

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Salem Representative
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, NY, USA 27 September 1917 Son of Herbert Sr and Anna H [Clenersley] VanderVate.

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY, USA 10 February 1941 Buffalo, New York

Based

Assigned

Debden 4 June 1944 - 28 August 1944 Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

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.

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Sources

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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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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