Albert J Ramm
Military
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Object Number - UPL 17786 - Albert J. Ramm
Albert Ramm was a Pilot in the 55th Fighter Group / 338th Fighter Squadron. Assigned to the Squadron on 11 August 1944, he flew a total of 67 missions and is listed as a Flying Ace, credited with :
* a shared DFS-230 destroyed in air combat over Dromersheim, Germany on 28 August 1944
* a Fw190 destroyed on the ground at Vorden airfield, Gelderland, The Netherlands on 26 November 1944
* 4 enemy aircraft (among which 2 Ju-88s) destroyed on the ground at Giebelstadt, Germany on 6 January 1945.
Flying low to celebrate the end of his tour on 27 February 1945, his Mustang, Serial 44-14730 hit a telephone pole at Wormingford. The plane's right wing was damaged but Ramm nevertheless managed to land the plane without further damage.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New York City, New York, United States | 28 October 1922 | the son of John and Theresa Ramm |
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Enlisted |
Nashville AC Facilities, Tennessee, United States | 26 February 1943 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Wormingford, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom | 20 April 1945 | |
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Died |
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | 2 April 1999 | |
| Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
