Donald H Bochkay
Military
Object Number - UPL 24730 - Major Donald H Bochkay, [North Hollywood, CA.], 363rd Fighter Squadron. Major Bochkay had several P-51s assigned all coded B6-F and all appeared to...
Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. 510 hrs in 123 Combat missions. Credited 13.83 Kills including 2 x Me262 Jets. Completed 2 Tours of Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC (3 OLC), AM (13 OLC), Croix de Guerre (2 Palm leaves), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Left service post war, re-enlisting in 1956 rising to Lieutenant Colonel by retirement in 1970.
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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
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Speedball Alice
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Squadron 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 357th Fighter Group 363rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron 363rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur, Meyler Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90731, USA | 5 November 1940 | Fort MacArthur San Pedro California |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 7 May 1944 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) 1 |
England, UK | 5 August 1944 | Completed Tour Duty (ETD). [1] |
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Other Promotion |
Leiston IP16, UK | 3 April 1945 | Promoted to Major. |
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Other End Tour Duty (ETD) 2 |
England, UK | 19 October 1945 | Completed Tour Duty (ETD). [2] |
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Born |
Ashtabula, OH 44004, USA | ||
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Other Reassigned |
Leiston IP16, UK | 19 October 1945 | Re-assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Based |
Leiston | 3 April 1945 | Assigned to 363FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
San Anselmo, CA 94960, USA | ||
| North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Fighter Aces of the U. S. A. and Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
![Captain Clarence "Bud" Anderson of the 357th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Old Crow", March 1944. Passed for publication 12 Mar 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '8/3/44 D. Clarence Anderson 357FG.' On reverse: Associated Press, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Press caption from reverse: 'MUSTANG PILOT "KILL" 59 IN 30 DAYS. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: Capt. C. Anderson, of Newcastle, Sacramento, Calif., who shot down an enemy](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-400894.jpg.webp?itok=qyYDkO1C)
