Marion Burdette McCarter

Military

Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Flew 430 combat hrs, taking part in missions to Normady [D-day], Southern France, Holland, Bastogne. Failed to Return (FTR) glider tow to Belgium after releasing the glider hit in port engine by flak, left formation with fire streaming from engine and crashed 6 miles W/SW Bastogne. Baled out and fatally hit by groundfire Killed in Action (KIA). 27-Dec-44. MACR 10906.



Awards: PH.

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People

James Francis Hurley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12093089 / O-806846
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-100644

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Upottery airfield looking west, the main runway runs vertically, barrack sites are to the bottom right of the airfield, 15 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/91/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Upottery

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Patricksburg, IN 47427, USA 7 March 1918 Son of Walter L and Elizabeth J McCarter.

Enlisted

Indiana, USA 18 September 1942

Died

Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium 27 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) glider tow to Belgium after releasing the glider hit in port engine by flak, left formation with fire streaming from engine and crashed 6 miles W/SW Bastogne. Baled out and fatally hit by groundfire Killed in Action (KIA). 27-Dec-44. MACR 10906.

Buried

Sibret, 6640 Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium 28 December 1944 Interred Sebrit, Belgium
Owen County, IN, USA

Based

Upottery 27 December 1944 Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Bowling Green, IN 47833, USA Re-Interred Fairview Cemetery Bowling Green Clay County Indiana, USA

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial

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