Marvin Earl Albertson

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media-49530.jpeg UPL 49530 1st Lt Marvin Earl Albertson, 353FG

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Object Number - UPL 49530 - 1st Lt Marvin Earl Albertson, 353FG

Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Mid Air Collision when - on a training flight- his P-51 42-14422 collided with P-51 42-14791 and crashed at Wilden, Worcestershire, England.



Killed in Flying Accident KIFA 27-Oct-44.



Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, IA 1 February 1920 Son of Ole G and Amanda [Hove] Albertson.

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Assigned

Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK 24 June 1944 - 27 October 1944 Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK 19 August 1944 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Raydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7, UK 3 September 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Killed in Mid Air Collision (KMAC)

Wilden, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire DY13, UK 27 October 1944 Mid Air Collision when his P-51 collided with another P-51 and crashed at Wilden, Worcestershire, England. Killed in Flying Accident KIFA 27-Oct-44.

Buried

28 October 1944 Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England

Revisions

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ContributorHelen
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Jonah's Feet are Dry

Date
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 353rd unit history;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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