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Robert A. CRANMER
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-422037 | ||||||
| AGE | -- yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | -- | ||||||
| ETAT | UTAH | ||||||
| FAMILY | -- | ||||||
| RANK | Captain | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | - | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 430th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 474th Fighter Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 14 august 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Morteaux Couliboeuf ( Manche ) | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
P-38 Lightning - type J-25 - s/n 44-23651
Macr: 7640 Take-off site A-11 Saint Lambert (14) Shot by the flak at 12:15 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James | ||||||
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P-38 Lightning pilot (s / n 44-23651) shot down by Flak around 12:15 during the Battle of Falaise Captain Cranmer attempts to land with a wing in flames but the plane explodes on landing, the takeoff took place from the A-11 field of Saint-Lambert (14) with the mission of strafing on the sector of Broglie (27) to cut the roads to the German reinforcements
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - JF PELLOUAIS - Normandie44lamemoire.com |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |