Mac FARLAND Harold S - 100 TCS 441 TCG

 

Harold Samuel Mac FARLAND Jr

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE31299862
AGE21 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1924
ETATSuffolk  MASSACHUSETTS
FAMILYSingle
RANKStaff Sergeant 
FONCTIONRadio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSemiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading, unloading, and related occupations NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT26 February 1943 Boston MASSACHUSETTS  
 SQUADRON100th  Troop Carrier Squadron
 GROUP 441st Troop Carrier Group
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH15 February 1945

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHDreux-Vernouillet
DATA PLAN

 Douglas C-47 - type B-10-DK - s/n 43-48956

blosville

Mission : Night training flight of 12 planes to Caen, Laval

Take-off 12:15 am field A-41 Dreux Vernouillet (28) - Leader of the 3rd element

Crashes into a concrete pole on landing - Reduced visibility (piloting error) - 2:30 a.m.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D1533
DECORATION

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Prisoner of War Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 
usaf 9af troopcarriercommand badge
STORY

Prisoner of War Medal


AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army Air Forces
Division: Prisoner of War (Germany)
GENERAL ORDERS:

NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 23924
CITATION:

Staff Sergeant Harold S. McFarland (ASN: 33019662), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces on or about June 26, 1943 and was held as a prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.

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