Beryl James SMITH | |||||||
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 37659021 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 | ||||||
| STATE | Ottuwa, IOWA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Maried | ||||||
| RANK | S/Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Unskilled occupations in slaughtering and in preparation of meat products |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 29 january 1943 Camp Dodge Herrold IOWA | ||||||
| REGIMENT | 562nd Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 388th Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 8 july 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | St-Maclou-de-Folleville - 20 km N Rouen | ||||||
| DATA BASE | B-17 Fortress - type G-30-BO - s/n 42-31802 "Gyndia" Macr: 7361 Mission: Gassicourt-Mantes-la-Jolie (78) Take Off: 06h15 station 136 Knettishall, Suffolk UK Crew initially buried at Cem St-Maclou-de-Folleville (76) Shot by flak Aircraft in fire partially evacuated at 10000 feet at 06h45 before the explosion in flight | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY | Cemetery Commmunale from St Maclou de Folleville (76) | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
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B-17 Fortress - type G-30-BO - s/n 42-31802 "Gyndia" |
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| 1st Lieutenant | Samuel Jay Jr FISHER | Pilot | Dead - Oheb Shalom Cem. Baltimore, Maryland USA | O-816279 - Baltimore, Maryland USA |
| 2nd Lieutenant | John Elwin HEALEY | CoPilot | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | O-821009 - AM/PH - Brooklyn, New York USA |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Jerome ALPERIN | Bomber | Prisoner | O-1320377 - Chicago, Illinois USA - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
| S/Sergeant | Wilbert Irvin SMITH | Navigator | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | 33411434 - AM/PH+1 - Erie, Pennsylvania USA |
| T/Sergeant | George Bailey Jr WEBSTER | Radio/Gunner | Dead - Cedarlawn Mem Park - Sherman, Texas USA | 6960141 - Sherman, Texas USA |
| T/Sergeant | Gustave Louis SCHWARK | Mecanic/Gunner | Prisoner | 36042567 - Chicago, Illinois USA - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow |
| S/Sergeant | Salvatore CULOTTA | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | 16006667 - AM/PH - Racine, Wisconsin USA |
| S/Sergeant | Beryl James SMITH | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) | 37659021 - AM/PH - Ottuwa, Iowa USA |
| S/Sergeant | Richard Franklin BUNNELL | Gunner | Evadé | 19160013 - Born 28/05/1907 - Burbank, California USA |
| S/Sergeant | Robert Darrell PINER | Gunner | Dead - Arlington Cem. Reno Co, Kansas USA * | 37536669 - 19 ans - Born le 08/04/1925 - Arlington, Kansas USA |
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| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | - |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |