Donald Gordon Ivarson

Military
media-56249.jpeg UPL 56249 S/Sgt Donald G. Ivarson, 305BG.

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Object Number - UPL 56249 - S/Sgt Donald G. Ivarson, 305BG.

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

Two 306th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses collided in mid-air in heavy fog over Thurleigh airbase after returning from a mission; both were destroyed with all hands lost. Handwritten caption on reverse: '55819.' Printed caption on reverse: '55819 AC - Returning from a daylight bombing assault on important synthetic oil plants and key communications centers just behind von Rundstedt's lines, two B-17 Flying Fortresses collide in mid-air and disintegrate. None of the crews of either plane escaped. The fat

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: My Achin B
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Punchy Anna
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 August 1923

Enlisted

5 February 1943

Other

Discharged USAAF

5 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

8 November 2003

Buried

Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, WY 11 November 2003 Valley View Cemetery Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming

Based

Chelveston Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.fold3.com/record/626000880/donald-ivarson-1923-veterans-aff…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10886534/donald-gordon-ivarson

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Added nickname from Jun 6 1944 "Short Snorter".
Edited "Engineer" to "Flight Engineer" for clarity

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SO 179, HQ AAF STATION NO. 105, dd 29 June 44

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

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Individual Flight Records of SSGT/TSGT Donald G. Ivarson, June 1944 - December 1944.

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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