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Melvin GLADSTONE
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-746877 (16078333) | ||||||
| AGE | 23 ans | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
1921 IOWA | ||||||
| ETAT | Mc Henry ILLINOIS | ||||||
| FAMILY | Single | ||||||
| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Bombardier | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Clerks, general office |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 27 may 1942 Chicago ILLINOIS | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 360th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 303rd Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 12 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cambrai | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M "Tangerine"
Macr: 5626 Mission: Cambrai (59) et Epinoy (62): aérodromes Takeoff station 107 Molesworth , CAMBRIDGESHIRE Shot by the flak - 09h14 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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He and his crew were approaching a B-17. Their daily missions were sites in France, Belgium, Germany ... In total Roy has carried out 37 bombing missions, only 30 are credited between March 08 and June 12, 1944 June 05, 1944 combat mission 171 site bombardment order in Cotentin AZEVILLE and LESSAY site. June 6, 1944 combat mission 174 bombing of VIRE The objective was to cut off the arrival of the German reinforcements. On June 12, 1944 combat mission 178 aerodrome bombing of Cambrai and Epinoy on B-17 stamped 42-107048 named Tangerine. The bomber was hit by the flak between engine 2 and the fuselage. A second gust reached the bomb bay, the plane caught fire ... | |||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M
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| 1st Lieutenant | Roy EISELE | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-745655 - DFC/AM+3 - CALIFORNIA | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Louis F Jr GIRARD | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-682848 - DFC/AM+3 - WEST VIRGINIA | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Melvin GLADSTONE | Bomber | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-746877 - DFC/AM+3 - ILLINOIS | ||||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Murray SCHENKER | Navigator | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-694734 - DFC/AM+3 - NEW YORK | ||||
| T/Sergeant | Louis M | COWLEY | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | Forest Home Cem. Forest Park, ILLINOIS | 16038217 - 23 yo - Son of Louis B and June (Morton) Cowley, ILLINOIS | |||
| T/Sergeant | Ralph MILLARD | Radio | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 35521469 - DFC/AM+3 - Ohio | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Efrain | LONGORIA | Gunner | Dead | Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem. San Antonio, TEXAS | 38365009 - 20 ans - Né le 12/03/1924 - TEXAS | |||
| S/Sergeant | Szymon FRIEDMAN | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 32228384 - DFC/AM+3/PH - NEW YORK | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Richard L BELL | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 15054420 - AM+2 - OHIO | ||||
| S/Sergeant | Edward Joseph | VALLEE | Gunner | Prisonnier - NEW YORK - Initially escaped, is arrested, probably victim of Jacques Desoubrie - Interned in Fresnes (94)– One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 and sent to Sagan's Stalag Luft III - during the Sagan evacuation of January 45, is folded on the Stalag VIIA where he is released by US troops the 29/04/1945 | |||||
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(Back) 1Lt Roy Eisele (P)(KIA)*, 2Lt Louis F. Girard (CP)(KIA)*, | |||||||||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO |
Aerosteles.net - Francecrashes39-45.net - Clive TIRLEMONT - 303rdbg.com - Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com Arie-Jan van Hees - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |