Malmstedt Roland M Maj

Assigned Aircraft

P-38H CY-M

Mission History

Not Known

Mission List

55th FG Mission #	Date	Target
01	15 October 1943	Sweep - Dutch Islands
02	16 October 1943	Sweep - Dutch Islands
03	17 October 1943	Sweep - Dutch Islands
06	20 October 1943	Duren
07	22 October 1943	Cambrai
08	24 October 1943	St. Andre L'Eure
09	03 November 1943	Wilhelmshaven (Yellow 1)
10	05 November 1943	Gelsenkirchen
11	07 November 1943	Sweep - Ostend - St Omer Area (Squadron Leader)
15	13 November 1943	Montdidier Aairdrome
16	25 November 1943	Sweep - Lille Area (Yellow 1)
17	26 November 1943	Bremen (Yellow 1)

Air Scores

1-1-1

Ground Scores

0-0

Score Detail

03 November 1943 Me-109 damaged (air) Wilhelmshaven
25 November 1943 Me-109 probable (air) Lille
26 November 1943 Ju-88 destroyed (air) NE Bremen

Notes

Entered service from Long Island, New York.
ASN - 0-416322
01 February 1943 - Joined the 343rd Fighter Squadron
07 November 1943 - Engagement Report
20 November 1943 - Awarded the Air Medal
343rd Fighter Squadron Operations Officer.
Killed on 02 December 1943, when P-38H 42-67076 crashed on take-off for test hop. P-38 suffered an engine failure on take-off, Maj. Malmstedt tried to recover, rolled the aircraft and crashed.
Maj. Malmstedt is buried at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, England.

Memories

Additional Photo

Russ Blowers at Roland Malmstedt's grave at Madingley, Cambridge June 2006 (R. Blowers)

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