LA POINTE John H - 670 BS 416 BGL

 

John H. LA POINTE

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE32490064
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH11 Septembre 1921
ETATSt Lawrence Country NEW YORK
FAMILYSingle
Mother : Marjorie June LAPOINTE 
RANKSergeant
FONCTIONSingle on Douglas A-20
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 26 August 1942 Utica NEW YORK
 SQUADRON670th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP416th Bomber Group, Light
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH6 August 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHFerme Le Buc - Louviers 76
DATA PLAN

Douglas A-20 Havoc - type G-35-DO - s/n 43-9987 F6*S

Douglas A 20G Havoc

Macr : 7872

Mission : Attaque pont sur la seine à Oissel (76)

Takeoff 18h06 station 170 Wethersfield , Essex UK

Crash observed by 2Lt Peter Barausky, Sgts Millard Hall and Beverly R Wilson

Shot by flak Louviers - Left engine on fire

Aircraft evacuated by the mechanic around 5000 feet - 20h00

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Louviers

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
P2228
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal


Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

 

usaf 9af 416bg

416bg banniere

Bannière du

416th Bomb Group

 671bs
STORY

Worked in a metal products factory N.E.C

Temporarily buried in Louviers (Eure 27)

On this day of August 6, 1944 after they completed their bombardment mission over the bridge in Oissel (Seine Maritime 76 - Normandy ).

The left engine badly hit by Flak fire in Louviers… The mechanic will jump off the plane at 5000 feet

Récit du témoin qui à assisté à la scène recopié aux archives de Louviers

Dubucs' Farm in Louviers.

I undersigned Troche Eugène, farmer in Louviers, certify that I recovered two allied airmen's bodies from a burning Type-Martin plane, fallen on 8/6/1944, after 1955.

These bodies were put down in sheets and carried to the Louviers cemetery by me.

One of the names quoted by Mr Troche : John H. LAPOINTE

 
ii Pick up at the Louviers Cemetery of John H LAPOINTE exhumed by American soldiers for transport on February 19, 1945 at the cemetery of Colleville sur mer Normandy
416bg banniere
Banner of the 416th Bomb Group		 Plan of attack of August 6, 1944
lapointe plan

 

Crew of Douglas A-20 Havoc - type G-35-DO - s/n 43-9987 F6*S

 

2nd Lieutenant Thomas W Jr Mc MANUS Pilot Dead Union Cem. Bakersfield, CALIFORNIA O-750423 - 22 ans - Bakersfield, CALIFORNIA  - Son of Mr Thomas W McManus, Washington, DC  - Initially admitted to Louviers (27)
Sergeant John H.  LA POINTE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

32490064 - PH - Fils de Mrs Marjorie June LaPointe, Postdam, NEW YORK

Killed by the flak on the plane - Burst initially in Louviers (27)
Sergeant Gerald Edward HART Mechanic Escaped  

17169842 - Né le 22/09/1924 - Rockwell, IOWA -Hidden in Louviers by civilians and the Resistance until liberation
Douglas A 20G Havoc
 ii Pick up at the Louviers Cemetery Thomas W MCMANUS exhumed by American soldiers for transport on February 19, 1945 for Union Cemetery Bakersfield Kern Country CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant Thomas William Mc MANUS Jr, Pilot. ii 

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOJean-François CARBONNET - Max La Menace(Facebook) - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov  - Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com            
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