Davis T Perron
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Handwritten caption on reverse: 'David T Perron.' Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 473 - Captain Davis Perron of the 357th Fighter Group, holding a dog, sits in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'David T...
Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Ludwigshaven; crashed near Doullens in P-51 43-6792 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 3463
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Little Bitch
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 362nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
March Field Riverside CA | 22 January 1942 | March Field, Riverside, California |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Doullens, France | 1 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) fighter sweep to Ludwigshaven; crashed near Doullens in P-51 43-6792 KIA MACR 3463 |
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Born |
Claremont, CA | Son of Leo P and Arna Corinne [True] Perron. | |
|
Based |
Leiston | 1 April 1944 | Assigned to 362FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3463 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
