Paul Albert Balogh

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Object Number - UPL 65076 - 2nd Lt Paul A. Balogh

Assigned to 14PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by German fighters over Belgium on 19-Sep-44. Stayed with his crippled Spitfire Mark XI to prevent it from crashing into Creancey. Died when the Spitfire crashed outside of the town. [Document attached to database form. ] 

Awards: PH

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Units served with

Aircraft

Two Mark V Spitfires (serial numbers EN904, "War Weary") and (serial number AR404, "War Weary") of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire V R. Astrella"

EN904

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
A Spitfire Mk XI (serial number M3-955) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.

MB955

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Lease Fleece
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
A Mark XI Spitfire nicknamed "My Darling Dorothy" of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"14PS R. Astrella"

PA892

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: My Darling Dorothy
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Creancey, France 19 September 1944 Killed in Action (KIA)Creancey, France

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine, France 1 January 1946 Re-InterredEpinal American Cemetery and MemorialLorraine, France

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28710524

https://www.fold3.com/image/310763235

https://www.fold3.com/image/28710431/28710431

https://www.fold3.com/record/529847213/paul-a-balogh-us-american-battle-monuments-commission-1914-1950

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56371035/paul-albert-balogh

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / document; 7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996

Paul Albert Balogh: Gallery (3 items)

Paul Balogh

Object number: UPL 65076 - 2nd Lt Paul A. Balogh

Paul Balogh

Object number: UPL 65081 - 2nd Lt Paul A. Balogh

Paul Balogh

Object number: UPL 65086 - 2nd Lt Paul A. Balogh