Irvin M Proctor
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
It was assigned to 34th Bomb Group, 391st Bomb Squadron. The aircraft crashed in the UK in June 1944 (see MACR 7422).
Pictured in the front row, extreme right is Staff Sergeant Irvin M Proctor, who was Killed in Action.
Sent through to the museum by Jim Hargraves.
Object Number - UPL 22790 - The crew of B-24,"Tondelayo", serial number 44-40284, which was stationed at Mendlesham, UK. It was assigned to 34th Bomb Group, 391st Bomb...
Irvin Proctor served as a ball turret gunner with the 34th Bomb Group. He was Killed in Action (KIA) on 19 July 1944 in AC #4440284. 'This Above All'.
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 16 February 1943 | Proctor was married at the time of his enlistment |
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Died |
English Channel | 19 July 1944 | |
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Born |
Mount Jackson, Virginia | ||
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Other Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing in Ardennes American Cemetery |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 7422 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
See also:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-40138.html
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/550151#.V5JS8k1TGM8
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, MACR 7422
