Military
Ralph Jenkins and his Menu of services offered through his 405th P-47 Fighter Squadron
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters
Remembered by Major General Robert L Delashaw, San Antonio,TX
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot, squadron commander | 405th Fighter Group
Ralph C. Jenkins: Was a 25 year old Flight Commander flying Thunderbolt fighters in the 510th Squadron, 405th Group 9th Air Force. Became Squadron Commander and flew 129 combat missions beginning on D-Day Normandy. After airfield estabished in...
Group
The 405th Fighter Group was a fighter bomber unit of the United States Army Air Force in World War II. They group flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) starting with the buildup to the Invasion of Normandy ("D-Day") through...
Squadron
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, USA | 10 June 1917 |
| Buried | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | 1944 |
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Plot G, Row 3, Grave 32 |
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| Died | France | 27 July 1944 |
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(aged 27) |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 07 July 2020 21:52:21 | jmoore43 | Changes to middlename and events |
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Added Born, Died and Buried events and middle name per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56641607. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 July 2020 21:42:43 | jmoore43 | Changes to awards |
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Added the awards mentioned in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 July 2020 21:38:38 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography and events |
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Added S/N, Updated Rank and added awards to "Summary biography" per records of the "American Battle Monuments Commission" at fold3.com. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 November 2014 10:12:00 | Emily | Changes to surname, middlename, nationality, role and memoriam |
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Robert L Delashaw, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence. History of the 405th Fighter Group (In French) |
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