Darrell Stuart Cramer

Military
Captain Darrell S. Cramer of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. media-377367.jpg FRE 128 Captain Darrell S. Cramer of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 128 - Captain Darrell S. Cramer of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group.

Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 7 x kills. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-14121

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Mick # 5 Sad Sack
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

Places

Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.

Wormingford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Utah, USA 2 March 1922 Son of Olvie and Emily Lorretta [Stuart] Cramer.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT, USA 22 January 1942

Based

Wormingford 17 August 1944 - 19 February 1945 Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK 23 December 1944 Promoted to Major.

Based

Transferred

Wormingford 19 February 1945 Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Sandy, UT, USA 17 January 2007

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6 3SD, UK Promoted to Captain.
Ogden, UT, USA

Buried

Lindquist Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Rd, Ogden, UT 84403, USA Lindquists Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch South Ogden, Weber County, UT

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Darrell Stuart Cramer: Gallery (4 items)

Captain Darrell S. Cramer of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group.

Object number: FRE 128 - Captain Darrell S. Cramer of the 338th Fighter...

Pilots of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group in front of a P-51 Mustang. Left to right they are: Captain Frank D. Bradford, Second Lieutenant Hugh Bodiford, First Lieutenant Carroll D. Henry, Lieutenant Maynard J. Wiens, Captain Jerry R. McDonald and Major Darrell S. Cramer. The 55th FG flew P-51 Mustangs from July 1944 until the end of the war in Europe.

Object number: FRE 143 - Pilots of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter...

Object number: UPL 34684 - P-51D 44-14121 'Mick #5' CL-Z 338FS, 55FG, 8AF.

Object number: UPL 34685 - Major Darrell S Cramer in front of his steed P-51D...