(Dick Herbst via 55th FG Newsletter)
2/Lt. Dean W. Ditlevson
2/Lt. Dean W. Ditlevson
(Dick Herbst via 55th FG Newsletter)
2/Lt. Dean W. Ditlevson
338th FS - April 1945 - July 1945
| Assigned Aircraft |
P-51D "Lady Lorenell" |
| Mission History |
Not Known |
| Mission List |
Not Known |
| Air Scores |
0-0-0 |
| Ground Scores |
0-0 |
| Notes | Arrived too late to fly combat. |
| Memories | 'One day on a practice mission he was taking
off in "Lady Lorenell" when the canopy rolled back and slammed him across
the forehead. He made a second try and got in to the air this time.
After a few minutes he noticed that his vision was getting fuzzy. He
made an emergency landing and got on the ground just before he temporarily
lost his eye sight. He had failed to lock the canopy forward and
when he gave it the gun to take-off, the slip stream forced the canopy
back with a pretty good jolt.' (Dick Herbst via the 55th FG Newsletter) |