Capt Dean Herbert Dalton (1918-1943)

Capt Dean Herbert Dalton Veteran

Birth

26 Oct 1918

Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA

Death

26 Nov 1943 (aged 25)

Netherlands

Burial

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map

Plot

Plot B Row 10 Grave 11

Memorial ID

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Co-Pilot Captain Dean H. Dalton, KIA
Hometown Orlando, FL
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-424924
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt Roy E. Braly, POW Bel Mar, NJ

Target:Bremen, Germany
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3493
Date Lost: 26-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-40749
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: P
Aircraft Name: SACK TIME SALLY
Location: Crashed near Drachten, Netherlands
Cause: AA 6 KIA, 4 POW

The "SACK TIME SALLY" crew
lT. Roy E. Braly Pilot POW
Captain Dean H. Dalton Co Pilot KIA
Lt. James H. McGahee Navigator POW
Lt. Merlin Verberg Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Virgil Lee Hoffman Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Essman G. Matthews Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt George W. Scott Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. John B. Filenger Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Walter E Wince Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Edward M. Goodall Gunner KIA