John Nathen Denesha
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Shared with the American Air Museum by Peter Saunders, one of the founding members of the Friends of Leiston Airfield: http://www.friendsofleistonairfield.co.uk/
Object Number - UPL 26912 - 2nd. Lt. John H. Denesha, 357th Fighter Group
Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Killed In Action (KIA) crashed near Plancoet in P-51 42-106652
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Saint Lawrence Park, New York | 21 January 1922 | Born Saint Lawrence Park, New York |
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Enlisted |
Utica, New York | 21 November 1942 | Enlisted Utica, New York |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Plancoet , France | 7 June 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) Plancoet, France |
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- ABMC http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII...;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 5516;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 5516 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
