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Personal info

Full name
STRAIT, Delmont W
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Aleppo Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Marshall County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
33397482
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Near Ingelmunster, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 13

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Anderson (father)
Anna M. Strait (mother)
Howard L. Anderson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-94969
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Koblenz, Germany
Mission: Operational

More information

Delmont Strait enlisted on 27 October 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

His plane was lost in mid-air collision on a mission to Koblenz, Germany. They collided with aircraft 42-99949. Both planes crashed near Ingelmunster, Belgium. The occupants of the other aircraft were all accounted for. All crewmembers of aircraft 42-94969 were killed. An account of the burial of the victims listed twelve persons from both aircraft, 8 identified and 4 unidentified. A report submitted by Captain Felletier, 466 Air Liaison Section, 1st Canadian Army, 145 Wing, R.A.F. stated that he located 8 bodies completely burnt in this aircraft, the front gunner, still in position.
Delmont was initially buried in Flanders Field American Cemetery on 24 September 1944. He was buried according to the rites of the Church of England, together with several other airmen, since they were either believed to be of Protestant Faith or were unidentified. The service was conducted by the Rev. W.H. Fowke, Anglican Chaplain of 145 Wing, R.A.F.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Mrs. Heisel's Ancestors