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Theodore J. KLEUSER
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Source : C. Scott | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-670568 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23 November 1916 Pulaski County, ARKANSAS | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | ARKANSAS | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents : John Edward & Marie Barzen KLEUSER | ||||||
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| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 551st Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 385th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 5 December 1943 |
Source : Andy | |||||
| STATUS | MIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | In sea | ||||||
| PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-55-DL - s/n 42-3397 HR* "The Fighting Cock"
Macr : 1337 Takeoff station 155 Great Ashfield Suffolk Pilot places aircraft on water The rafts are then attacked by the hunters, killing 6 men | ||||||
| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-55-DL - s/n 42-3397 HR"The Fighting Cock"
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| 1Lt | Theodore J. KLEUSER | Pilot | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | O-670568 - AM+3/PH - 1917 Pulaski Co, Arkansas - Son of John et Mary Helen (Barzen) Kleuser | |
| 2Lt | John W "Jack" | SLATER | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) | O-804745 - PH - 1923 à Niwot, Colorado - Son of Harry et Hannah Delilah "Anna" (Webb) Slater |
| 1Lt | Frederick D "Fred" | ALBERT | Navigator | Dead | Long Island Nat Cem. Farmingdale, New York | O-797328 - 24 yo - Bronx, New York |
| 1Lt | Thomas H | BETOW | Bomber | Prisoner - Stalag Luft I Barth-Vogelsang | O-738687 - Marion, Wisconsin | |
| Sgt | Ernest Arlington | HIBBARD | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 35257660 - 30 ans - Né le 29/08/1913 Clay Co, Kentucky - Son of Gilbert G et Gertrude (Reid) Hibbard |
| T/Sgt | Walter V | OLOWNIUK | Radio/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag Luft III Sagan | 36513459 - Detroit, Michigan | |
| S/Sgt | Stanley | WYSOKINSKI | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 12059857 - DFC/PH/AM+2 - 23 ans - Né le 09/10/1920 à Dupont, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania - Son of Sylvester et Albina (Slobodzian) Wysokinski |
| S/Sgt | Stewart H Jr | DAY | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | 11097469 | |
| S/Sgt | Leo Edward | DeGRAW | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 32462686 - DFC/AM+3/PH - 22 ans |
| S/Sgt | James W "Red" | O'KEEFE | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 32447695 - AM+2 - 22 ans - Né le 21/06/1921 New York - Son of James et Corinne (Branigan) O'Keefe - Epoux de Irene E O'Keefe, New York |
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385th Bomb Group - 551st Bomb Squadron, Crew 35 (Mary Pat); B-17, WWII. Front row (L to R): Frederick D. Albert, Thomas H. Betow, Theodore J. Kleuser (pilot), Ruel G. Weikert. Back row: James W. O'Keefe, Leo E. DeGraw, Stewart H. Day Jr., Mushrush (replaced by Ernest Hibbard), Stanley Wysokinaki, and Walter V. Olowniuk. 1ST. LT. Theodore Kleuser, was the pilot of the B17, named, "The Fightling Cock" that ditched in the Bay of Biscay that frightful day in 1943. According to the last living survivor of the crash, Stewart Day (tail gunner), Source : C. Scott |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Findagrave.com |
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| PROGRAMMEURS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |