Erskine S Dollarhide Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURCapt. Erskine Dollarhide Jr was Killed In Action flying his third and final mission to the synthetic rubber plant located at Huls Germany on June 22, 1943. As part of a composite strike force of the 525thBS/379th BG (H) & 303rd BG (H) Dollarhide led the 2nd element of the 3rd squadron.
Enemy aircraft attacked the formation at approximately 09:15AM just prior to their reaching the IP of their bomb run. His B17F 42-29946 was damaged by 20 mm cannon fire causing the aircraft to spin, tumble and crash.
He was last seen by SSgt Lloyd Donelson LT Waist gunner who reported that Dollarhide apparently uninjured was pinned into his seat by the spinning motion of the aircraft. SSgt Donelson stated that Dollarhide tapped his shoulder as the sergeant exited the airplane. Dollarhide is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery Belgium.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 29 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
47839 Hüls, Germany | 22 June 1943 | |
Born |
Long Branch, NJ 07740, USA | ||
Buried |
Plot B Row 10 Grave 6 |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 1294 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
See also ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/545047#.V2pdTk32aM8
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1294; 379th Bomb Group Anthology pg 265