Sam George Fuller Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Photo via findagrave, attributed to Peter Randall
Object Number - UPL 54215 - 1st Lt Sam G Fuller, 357FG.
Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to the Lechfeld area, Germany in P-51 44-13596 'Screamin Demon'. Hit by small arms fire while strafing Mengen airfield. Attempted to reach Switzerland but crashed south of Ertingen, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10300
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brownsville, TX | 29 May 1920 | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Sth of Ertingen, Germany | 18 November 1944 | Hit by small arms fire while strafing Mengen airfield. Crashed trying for Switzerland KIA MACR 10300 |
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Based |
Leiston | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot D Row 3 Grave 17 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 10300 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 10300 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
