Dale Claude Detjens
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 41-35010 'Snakes Revenge' departing the target the formation were set upon by fighters. Dropped out of formation losing oil from both engines, caught fire, went out of control, crashing 3 km NW of Ahrweiler, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11674.
Awards: AM (2 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Jinx, Snakes Revenge
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wisconsin, USA | 1 February 1921 | Son of Claude and Carrie L [Richardson] Detjens. |
Enlisted |
Antigo, WI 54409, USA | 24 June 1942 | |
Died |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany in B-26 41-35010 'Snakes Revenge' departing the target the formation were set upon by fighters. Dropped out of formation losing oil from both engines, caught fire, went out of control, crashing 3 km NW of Ahrweiler, Germany. KIA MACR 11674. |
Wausau, WI, USA | |||
Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm Canton de Luxembourg Luxembourg | ||
Buried |
Wausau, WI, USA | Memorialised Restlawn Memorial Park Wausau Marathon County Wisconsin, USA |
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