Marvin Earl Albertson
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UPL 49530
1st Lt Marvin Earl Albertson, 353FG
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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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, IA | 1 February 1920 | Son of Ole G and Amanda [Hove] Albertson. |
Other 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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Sources
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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