Delager Herman H.

Monuments

Leiston Airfield (Station 373) 357th & 358th Fighter Groups 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.