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Personal info

Full name
DELANEY, Sanders E
Date of birth
September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Montgomery County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-413032
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Function
Pilot
Unit
406th Fighter Squadron,
371st Fighter Group
Awards
Silver Star,
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 June 1945
Place of death
Near Nuremberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 13 14

Immediate family

Members
Edward V. Delaney (father)
Lena M. (Sanders) Delaney (mother)
Kathryn J. Delaney (sister)
William J. Delaney (brother)

More information

Lt Col Sanders E. Delaney joined the Regular Army in East St Louis, Illinois on 11 September 1940.

Lt Col Sanders Delaney commanded the squadron from October 1944 until his unfortunate loss in a flying accident in June 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - William J. Delaney, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sanders Family Tree, https://371stfightergroup.wordpress.com
Photo source: https://371stfightergroup.wordpress.com