Monuments
Leiston Airfield (Station 373) and 357th & 358th Fighter Group Memorial
357th Fighter Group Roll of Honor
Name:
Herman H. Delager
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-826635
Unit:
362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1945-01-19
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Comments:
Herman H. Delager was born in 1922 in Bergen County, New Jersey. He served in the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group as a First Lieutenant during World War II and was credited with 2x victories. 1LT Delager was lost on a ferry flight from Stansted, England to Leiston Airfield base in P-51D #44-63658. He last contacted base, indicating he was in-bound to base over water, most likely lost in the North Sea. He was declared "Missing in Action" on January 19, 1945, and is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.