Evert Dean McMonigle

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media-40494.jpeg UPL 40494 SSGT Charles Goettling and crew

Taken from family archives and other family contacts

Object Number - UPL 40494 - SSGT Charles Goettling and crew

Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4574.



Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13108609 / O-818811
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046804 / O-676879
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12075947 / O-811604
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39907604
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Thomas  Montgomery
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16013911
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Marland, Noble County, Oklahoma, United States 22 May 1923 Son of Porter and Bertha Lee [Wright] McMonigle.

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Killed in action

Sehlem, near Hildesheim, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) from Berlin in B-17 42-102541 8-May-44; A/C rammed by Me109, exploding due to wing tank fire. KIA. MACR 4574

Buried

Sehlem, Germany 9 May 1944 in the Sehlem Cemetery, near Hildesheim, Germany

Based

Snetterton Heath 8 May 1944 Assigned to 338BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 38 Grave 8

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WWII Draft Card
KU-1756 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147874844

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4574; Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945

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