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Personal info

Full name
INGRAHAM, Dudley Seymour Jr
Date of birth
1 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31379828
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
350th Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Oskar Strasse, Berlin-Karlshorst
Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 8 30

Immediate family

Members
Dudley S. Ingraham (father)
Marion E. (Morton) Ingraham (mother)
Seymour M. Ingraham (brother)
Joseph T. Ingraham (brother)
Robert A. Ingraham (brother)
Laura L. Ingraham (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102958
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of Tempelhof marshalling yards
MACR: 12047

More information

Dudley S. Jr. Ingraham attended college.

He enlisted from Hartfort, Connecticut on 22 July 1943.

The airplane was hit by flak on the right wing, reported to have been a ground rocket, just after bombs away. Starboard engines began to flame and the plane was nosed over in a steep dive apparently in an effort to extinguish the fire. A few seconds later, it pulled up in a half roll, then did a split S and went down. Two parachutes were seen as it fell away in a tight spin. When last seen the plane was nearly enveloped in fire.

Seven crew members were killed. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery of Dallgow-Döbertiz, near Berlin. Only two men bailed out and became POW. They survived the war.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Carrier Family Tree, Phil Samponaro

Photo source: 100th Bomb Group Foundation, www.100thbg.com - Phil Samponaro (nephew), http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The East Hampton Star