Donald Charles Armstrong Jr

Military
media-24254.jpeg UPL 24254 Lt. Donald C Armstrong

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Object Number - UPL 24254 - Lt. Donald C Armstrong

Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 5th ERS.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-716271
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tipton, IA 52772, USA 13 August 1920 Son of Donald Clement & Etta Beatrice [Willey] Armstrong.

Enlisted

Des Moines, IA, USA 17 September 1942 Des Moines, Iowa

Other

Assigned

Boxted, Colchester, UK 26 October 1944 Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Blue on Blue

Quakenbrück, Germany 31 December 1944 Whilst in a bounce on 4 Fw190's opened fire on E/A, just as P-47D 44-19792 flew across him. 2nd Lt William H Stovall KIA.

Other

Crashed

Tifton, GA, USA 1 April 1952 Landing Accident Ground Loop Tifton Aux Field, Tifton, GA Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald C Armstrong Jr, 1-Apr-52. T-6G 49-3367 - 3302FTSq

Other

Crashed

Langley AFB, Hampton, VA, USA 24 August 1954 Landing Accident Langley AFB Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald C Armstrong Jr, 24-Aug-54. F-84F 52-6526A - 509FBS 405FBW

Died

Tipton, IA 52772, USA 17 December 2008

Buried

Masonic Cemetery Tipton Cedar County IA 21 December 2008 Masonic Cemetery Tipton Cedar County Iowa, USA

Other

Promotion

Boxted, Colchester, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Transferred

Halesworth IP19, UK

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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