Dale Claude Detjens

Military

media-25795.jpeg UPL 25795 2nd Lt Dale Claude Detjens air cadet in training.

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Object Number - UPL 25795 - 2nd Lt Dale Claude Detjens air cadet in training.

Assigned 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

391st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

574th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-35010

Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
Nicknames: Jinx, Snakes Revenge
Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron

Missions

757

Date: 23 December 1944

Places

Matching

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Matching Green

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
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