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Personal info

Full name
FERGUSON, Donald Henry
Date of birth
15 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
O-800860
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
728th Bombardment Squadron,
452nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rhade, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 33 14

Immediate family

Members
Franklin A. Ferguson (father)
Avina (Pool) Ferguson (mother)
Robert P. Ferguson (brother)
Franklin A. Ferguson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31348
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Swing Shift Baby
Destination: Hamburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 11230

More information

2nd Lt Donald H. Ferguson attended American International College with Class of 1944.

C.M. Cronin: following statement obtained by S-2 Section, 452nd Bomb Group (H), at interrogation after return of mission: ship seen spinning in. Broke up after flames were seen from left wing. Looked like one chute from tail section.

2nd Lt Donald H. Ferguson is remembered at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - One World Tree / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Springfield Republican - 10 May 1942, www.findagrave.com - Gene H. Theroux