Benjamin H Albertson
MilitaryPhoto courtesy Anthony Chardella.
Archived by Char Baldridge, Historian, 359th Fighter Group Association.
Posted by Janet Fogg.
Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Fredrickshafen; crashed near Abbeville on 18-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-75136 after being hit on starboard wing [3ft hole] by flak. Baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3402.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Star).
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kansas, USA | 2 August 1920 | |
Other Crashed |
10 miles offshore from Clearwater, FL, USA | 15 September 1942 | Forced Landing Engine Failure 10 miles out at sea from Clearwater, Florida Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Benjamin H Albertson, 15-Sep-42. P-43A 40-2937 - 98FS, 334FG |
Other Transferred |
Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24, UK | 22 October 1943 - 18 March 1944 | Transferred to 370FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Shot down |
80100 Abbeville, France | 18 March 1944 | Crashed near Abbeville on 18-Mar-44 in P-47D 42-75136 after being hit by flak on the return from an escort and support mission to Southern Germany. MACR 3402. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 18 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Crashed |
Japan | 19 August 1947 | Landing Accident due to Mechanical Failure Johnson AB, Japan Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Benjamin H Albertson, 19-Aug-47. F-15A 45-59322 - 8PRS 35FG |
Died |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 8 June 1968 | |
Buried |
Desert Lawn Memorial Park Calimesa Riverside County CA | 11 June 1968 | Desert Lawn Memorial Park Calimesa Riverside County California, USA |
San Antonio, Texas | |||
Other Assigned |
Wretham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24, UK | 22 October 1943 | Assigned to 369FS, 359FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 3402 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3402, Unit History, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces