Military
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7047.
Awards: AM (7OLC), PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes,...
Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Squadron
B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, 2 chutes observed before lost below overcast, crashed Trois...
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
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| Born | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 1924 |
| Based | Andrews Field | 1943 – 19 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Enlisted | New York, NY, USA | 26 March 1943 |
| Died | 12km Sth of Nantes, France | 19 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Nantes in B-26 41-31974. Hit by flak in target area, smoke seen trailing from starboard engine, control lost, A/C turned on its back, crashed Trois Moulins, 12km Sth of Nantes, France 19-Jul-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7047. |
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| Buried | Nantes, France | 20 July 1944 |
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Interred |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Re-Interred |
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| Lived in | New York, NY, USA | |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 May 2017 17:39:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28695652 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 10 June 2016 15:25:40 | Wex_AdamSterecki | Changes to events |
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56351889 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:05:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association) / B-26 memorials guide |
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