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Wayne W AGEE
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-769369 | ||||||
| AGE | 20 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14 august 1924 | ||||||
| ETAT | CALIFORNIA | ||||||
| FAMILY | -- | ||||||
| RANK | 2nd Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | - | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 12th Troop Carrier Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 60th Troop Carrier Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 12th Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH |
31 ocotber 1944 Carbonized in the plane |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Quartier de Pierre - Tournon-sur-Rhône - VALENCE | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
Douglas C-47 - type A-20-DL - s/n 42-23469 U5*K Mission: Troop transport from Cherbourg (50) to Italy via Lyon (69) Takeoff 08:30 Lyon (69) - Carried 14 passengers from 347 Rep D Following a misjudgment of the pilot, hits the top of a hill due to heavy fog - Around 10:30 am The plane explodes and burns | ||||||
| CEMETERY | RHÔNES AMERICAN CEMETERY of Draguignan | ||||||
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Wayne Agee, the son of Walter and Mae Agee of the Standard Oil Pump Station near Buena Vista Lake, California, was killed October 31, 1944 in an airplane accident in France. He was the copilot of a B17 bomber. A graduate of Taft Union High School, he was attending the University of California when he entered the army air corps two years before his death. He received his flight training at Lincoln, Nebraska, Lemoore Army Air Field and La Junta Army Air Field, Colorado, where he was commisioned in March 1944. He received further training in twin engine craft at Austin, Texas, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Stout Field, Indiana. | |||||||
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Crew of Douglas C-47 - type A-20-DL - s/n 42-23469 U5*K | ||||||
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Wayne W | AGEE | Pilot | Dead - Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) | O-769369 - AM - California USA - Carbonized in the plane | |
| 1st Lieutenant | Edmond A | MARQUIS | CoPilot | recovered | O-812460 - Minor injuries | |
| Corporal | George C | FERNBACK | mechanic | recovered | 6895450 - Minor injuries | |
| S/Sergeant | Nicholas M | MOCCIA | Radio | recovered | 36703853 - Minor injuries | |
| Sergeant | Howard J | DUNN | Passenger | Dead - Oakwood Cem. Theresa, NEW YORK | 6876470 - 27 ans - Né le 30/03/1917 - Fils de Byron et Mary Dunn - Carbonisé dans l'avion | |
| Private | Harold P | FORTINSKY | Passenger | Dead - Cim Am Rhône Draguignan (83) | 13129611 - Pennsylvania USA - Carbonized in the plane |
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| Private | John W | FRANCIS | Passenger | recovered | 13173679 - SM - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Anthony V | GABRIEL | Passenger | recovered | 3672880 (sous réserve) - SM - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Ted H | GERSH | Passenger | recovered |
12015599 - SM - Minor injuries Released several people from C-47 unconscious |
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| Private | Morris | GETTLEMAN | Passenger | recovered | 36106017 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Seymour | EICONE | Passenger | recovered | 17145420 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Albert J | ZAPPARRI | Passenger | recovered | 6710912 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Edwin R | GERTSKI | Passenger | recovered | 36764695 -Minor injuries | |
| Private | Clarence Jr | FRANCISCO | Passenger | recovered | 35774325 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | William | FAGLEMAN | Passenger | recovered | 34670506 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Marion | ELSNER | Passenger | recovered | 16145706 - Minor injuries | |
| Private | Jack M | WILCOX | Passenger | recovered | 33298282 - Fils de George B Wilcox - Minor injuries | |
| Passenger | Dead | Unidentified body | ||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |