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Dinah-Mite

8th Air Force

 
 
Dinah-Mite Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
1. Dinah-Mite Marker
Inscription.
34th Bomb Group   18th Squadron
Dinah-Mite
2nd Lt George Mehling   P
2nd Lt Wendell Huntley  CP  KIA
2nd Lt Russell Harris       B  KIA
FO Harrison Britton         N
SSgt Steve Niatus            E
SSgt Jack Share               RO
Sgt Bob Lampey              BTG
Sgt Al Dienes               WG  KIA
Sgt Lou Morgan               TG

Ditched North Sea April 5 1945 
 15 Missions

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 32° 6.922′ N, 81° 14.238′ W. Memorial is in Pooler, Georgia, in Chatham County. It can be reached from Bourne Ave. Located adjacent to I-95, Georgia exit 102, (US 80 east), at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler GA 31322, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain, on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles, and in Greater Savannah. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Col. Paul B. Jackson (here, next to this marker); Control Tower (here, next to this marker); B-24 Big Banner (here, next to this marker); 36th BS RCM (here, next to this marker); 56th Fighter Group (a few steps from this marker); 20th Fighter Gp (a few steps from
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this marker); Base Air Depot No. 2 Station 582 USAAF (a few steps from this marker); 446th Bomb Group (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pooler.
 
Dinah-Mite Marker indicated by white arrow image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
2. Dinah-Mite Marker indicated by white arrow
Dinah-Mite Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013
3. Dinah-Mite Marker located at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 652 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
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