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2nd Lt Argent J Acosta Jr 384th FS, 364th FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Group
The 364th Fighter Group flew 342 missions in P-38 Lightnings and P-51 Mustangs from Honington, Suffolk. The missions ranged from escorting bombers and dive-bombing and strafing targets to area patrol missions across a swathe of land that took in France...
Squadron
P-51 Mustang
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Major Samuel J Wicker. Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51...
Military site : airfield
Honington was in use by Eighth Air Force units for a longer period than any other air base in England. The air base, built in the mid 1930s as part of the RAF's expansion programme had seen plenty of action as an RAF base before it was handed over to...
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| Born | New Orleans, LA | 8 April 1921 |
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Son of Argent Joseph Acosta Sr |
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| Enlisted | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2 September 1942 |
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New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Assigned | Honington, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 13 June 1944 – 27 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Killed in action | Kiel, Germany | 27 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation, contact lost with 2nd Lt Acosta in P-51D 'Carolina Moon' 44-13936, Killed in Action (KIA) near Kiel. MACR 8319. |
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| Buried | Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | 1946 |
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RE-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 22 June 2020 13:02:26 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/614001516 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 June 2020 14:46:54 | Andycole0 | Changes to service number and events |
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American Battle Monument's Commission www.abmc.ov |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 31 August 2016 15:47:01 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 June 2016 13:47:48 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Acosta&Submit=Search |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:55 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8319 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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