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Pvt Dale M Collins
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Pvt Dale M Collins Veteran

Birth
Ohiopyle, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
23 Oct 1942 (aged 24)
Australia
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Wall's Of The Missing
Memorial ID
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Dale served as a Private on a flight ( type plane and # unknown ), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Fayette County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 1, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in construction and also as Single, without dependents.

They took off, with a crew of 4, from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a routine flight to Queenland, Australia. After take off they were not seen nor heard from again.

Dale was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.

Service # 33104719

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Airmen who perished on this flight:

Collins, Dale M ~ Pvt, PA
May, Edward Q, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, FL
Mills, Jack D ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Washer, Harry E ~ 2nd Lt, OR

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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Dale served as a Private on a flight ( type plane and # unknown ), 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Fayette County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 1, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in construction and also as Single, without dependents.

They took off, with a crew of 4, from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on a routine flight to Queenland, Australia. After take off they were not seen nor heard from again.

Dale was declared "Missing In Action" on this flight during the war.

Service # 33104719

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Airmen who perished on this flight:

Collins, Dale M ~ Pvt, PA
May, Edward Q, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, FL
Mills, Jack D ~ 2nd Lt, TX
Washer, Harry E ~ 2nd Lt, OR

( Bio & Crew Report by: Russ Pickett )

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56767032/dale_m-collins: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Dale M Collins (15 Oct 1918–23 Oct 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56767032, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).