Gone West: Ken Dahlberg

svengi · **Joined:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 pm **Posts:** 79

On the evening news they did a little story on Mr. Dahlberg, passed away today age 94. Does anyone have any pictures of him and/or his aircraft during ww2 they could share? He lived quite a storied life!

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:13 pm

It was very sad to hear this. A truly great person, through and through, who definitely led an amazing life. Paul Ehlen's P-51D "Little Horse" is painted to honor Kenneth Dahlberg, though the markings are just of one of the aircraft he was known to have flown during WWII.

http://mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/p51sur ... l=45-11586

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:05 pm

Capt Ken Dahlberg 353rd FS 354th FG 1944

Capt Dahlberg watches Sgt Phillips & Cpl Spiros rearm P-47D FT+O in Dec. 1944.

svengi · **Joined:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 pm **Posts:** 79

Thanks for posting the pictures, jack! Did he fly p-51's first and end the war flying p-47's or was it the other way around? That's a long line of victory markings

PbyCat-Guy · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:32 am

Wasn't he on some of the Mustang shows on the History Channel when it was actually the history channel? RIP sir, I really hate reading news like this.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:18 pm

The 354th FG flew P-51s until start of winter 1944 when the switched to P-47s.
They reverted to P-51s in early 1945. Dahlberg never had a assigned P-51 but
is often connected with others who've been IDed has his which they weren't.

Dan Johnson II · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am **Posts:** 659

LOL Jack, I thought the caption said Corp. Spiro. Clearly the smoking gun!

Mr. Dahlberg's passing has been covered well here in Minnesota

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:08 pm

This very well-known painting by Roy Grinnell, depicts Dahlberg flying "Beantown Banshee" on one of his earliest sorties, chronicling his second victory I believe. The aircraft however was mainly attached to Capt. Felix Rogers. One of the Mustangs most often attached with Dahlberg, is a P-51B that was named "SHELLELAGH".

PbyCat-Guy, he was one of the focuses in the "Dogfights" episode on the P-47.

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:15 pm

another sad loss of a great hero.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:51 pm

Quote:

another sad loss of a great hero.

I wouldn't say it's a sad loss.
He lived a long, full and rich life.
He'll be long remembered for all he accomplished and for all the lives he touched.
I don't think that's sad at all.

svengi · **Joined:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 pm **Posts:** 79

Jack Cook wrote:

Quote:

another sad loss of a great hero.

I wouldn't say it's a sad loss.
He lived a long, full and rich life.
He'll be long remembered for all he accomplished and for all the lives he touched.
I don't think that's sad at all.

I'd have to fully agree with you there, Jack. He lived a big life. Thank you for the information on his fighter group's aircraft as well.

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:09 am

Jack Cook wrote:

Quote:

another sad loss of a great hero.

I wouldn't say it's a sad loss.
He lived a long, full and rich life.
He'll be long remembered for all he accomplished and for all the lives he touched.
I don't think that's sad at all.

It's not sad when someone passes away? Regardless if anyone lives a short life or lives to be 109, it's sad that were losing wonderful veterans of any wars.

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