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Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024.
Awards: PH.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio operator | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 89TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) glider tow mission to Eindhoven, Holland. Hit by flak in port engine and wing, left formation released glider from tow and went into dive from which it did not recover. Crashed Retie, Belgium...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Crew Chief | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
Squadron
C-47 Skytrain
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024.
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Military site : airfield
Built for the RAF in 1942 as an Operational Training Unit, it was handed over to the Eighth Air Force in 1942, and was the 51st Troop Carrier Wing's HQ in 1942. Greenham Common became a Ninth Air Force base in 1943, and was then home to a series of...
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| Born | Brockton, MA, USA | 16 December 1918 |
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Son of Julie A Roberts. |
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| Lived in | Plymouth County, MA, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Boston, MA, USA | 10 October 1941 |
| Based | Greenham Common | 1944 – 23 December 1944 |
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Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Died | 6640 Assenois, Belgium | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. KIA. MACR 11024. |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
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Interred |
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| Buried | Brockton, MA, USA | 1948 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 January 2017 14:03:57 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/319420471 |
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