Philip A Snyder
MilitaryAssigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, hit by flak and set on fire, pilot 2nd Lt Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA). 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15061487 / O-541641
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
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Enlisted |
10 September 1942 | ||
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Died |
6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, hit by flak and set on fire, pilot 2nd Lt Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. KIA. 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289. | |
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Buried |
7 June 1944 | Interred Field burial St Mere Eglise | |
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Born |
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Based |
6 June 1944 | Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Born |
Son of Edgar W and Mary B Snyder. |