Gerald D Knott
MilitaryAssigned to 94TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Glider piloted to Bastogne on re-supply mission for airborne divisions, hit by flak and crashed 27-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: CG-4A Haig
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 94th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Perry, OH 44081, USA | 27 December 1919 | Son of Herbert and Addie G Knott. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MO, USA | 5 March 1941 | |
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Died |
Bastogne, Belgium | 27 December 1944 | Glider piloted to Bastogne on re-supply mission for airborne divisions, hit by flak and crashed 27-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
Bastogne, Belgium | 28 December 1944 | Interred Field burial Bastogne |
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Based |
Upottery | 27 December 1944 | Assigned to 94TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
| Barry County, MI, USA |
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