Herman R Collins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). B-17 #42-97182 'Ding Dong Daddy'. Mid-air collision during assembly.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-97182

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ding Dong Daddy
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Texas, USA 19 August 1921

Died

near Hitchin, England 26 August 1944

Buried

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Rose Hill Burial Park

Revisions

Date27 Mar 2020 20:11:02
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number
Sources

Corrected a typo in the S/N.

Date27 Mar 2020 20:09:58
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number and events
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Added S/N per info "in the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963" records at Ancestestry.con.
See: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2375&h=1544616…

Date27 Mar 2020 19:59:53
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to highest rank and events
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Added rank per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 75228213. Added a died location to the died event per info in the A/C Description section.
Added Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 75228213.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:00
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia