Elmer LEJEUNE
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 38483001 | ||||||
AGE | yo | ||||||
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ETAT | LOUISIANA | ||||||
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RANK | Staff Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
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DATE of ENLISTEMENT | |||||||
SQUADRON | 364th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 305th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
ARMY | 8th U.S. Army Air Forces | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 7 January 1944 | ||||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Commune Estree-Blanche - AIRE-SUR-LA-LYS | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E "Daley's Male" Takeoff Station 105 Chelveston, Nothamptonshire Shots by flak -Engine 3 then 2 HS engine, explosion in the bomb bay, elevator and right wing affected Airplane evacuated in flames at low altitude around 13:40 | ||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E"Daley's Male" | ||||||
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1st Lieutenant | Neil H. | LATHROP | Pilot | Escaped | O-802866 - Né le 30/09/1921 - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA - Evasion par réseau Fillerin et Marie-Odile par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar - Retour UK 02/05/1944 | |
2nd Lieutenant | Jesse R. | CROOKSHANKS | CoPilot | Prisoner- Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 | O-808793 - Jonesboro, TENNESSEE | |
2nd Lieutenant | Gordon D. | PROUT | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 | O-809715 - Long Branch, NEW JERSEY |
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2nd Lieutenant | Charles J. ROBERTS | Bomber | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-749790 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA | |
T/Sergeant | Joseph W. | GEIGER | Radio/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 13154135 - Oakmont, PENNSYLVANIA | |
T/Sergeant | Earl L. | ADAMS | Mechanic/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 38192286 - Tulsa, OKLAHOMA | |
S/Sergeant | Elmer LEJEUNE | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 38483001 - AM/PH - LOUISIANA | |
Sergeant | Alfred E. | WENDT | Gunner | Escaped | 35348358 - Né 27/07/1920 - Oak Harbor, OHIO - Caché par les FFI pendant 6 mois | |
S/Sergeant | George E. | AYER | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 15334566 - Utica, KENTUCKY | |
S/Sergeant | Otto A. | DAMBACH | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 12203831 - Newark, NEW JERSEY | |
SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Findagrave.com |
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PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |