Virgil Bennett Ulven
MilitaryThis is from my family’s personal photos.
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3310 'Blood, Guts and Rust'. Plane ditched into Mediterranean Sea. Returned to base.
Crew Number 5.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794590
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 15 September 1943
- Date: 7 September 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Soldier, IA | 11 November 1920 | |
Died |
Omaha, NE | 2 March 1982 | |
Buried |
Dunlap, IA | 6 March 1982 | Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa, USA Add to Map Plot Section 21, Row 7 |
Soldier, IA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php;
MACR 396
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Ulven%2C+Virgil+B