Ernest Leroy Burdge Jr
Military
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UPL 29458
Capt Ernest L Burdge. SFX/2SF (ex 92nd BG). P-51D 44-13728 OS-G.
Assigned to 92BG, 8AF USAAF, 30 x B-17 combat missions. Transferred to ESF, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 385FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 383FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. 40 x scouting missions.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 2nd Scouting Force 357th Fighter Squadron Scouting Force (Experimental) (SFX)
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minnesota, USA | 9 December 1915 | Son of Ernest L and Margaret S Burdge. |
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 27 November 1941 | |
Based Transferred 1st Scouting Force |
Steeple Morden | 21 September 1944 - 22 October 1944 | Transferred 385FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. |
Based Transferred 383rd Fighter Squadron |
Steeple Morden | 22 October 1944 | Transferred 383FS, 1SF, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Columbia, MD, USA | 31 August 2006 | |
Other End of War |
Europe | ||
Based Transferred |
Steeple Morden | 21 September 1944 | Transferred to ESF, 8AF USAAF. |
Based |
Podington | Assigned to 92BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Buried |
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