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Robert V. MENDENHALL
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Source : USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O 2057507 | ||||||
| AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 27 Novembre 1922 Alameda County, CALIFORNIA | ||||||
| ETAT | CALIFORNIA | ||||||
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| RANK | Second Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
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| SQUADRON | 377th Fighter Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 362nd Fighter Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 18 June 1945 |
Source : Larry K | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Pocking airfield R-76, GERMANY | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
Killed in a mid-air collision with another aircraft on 18-6-1945 near airfield R-76 / Pocking, Germany when 2Lt Merrill E Holland, flying in #44-33188 collided his aircraft with P-47D / #44-20737 / E4-D / 'Gooch' flown by Lt Mendenhall. 2Lt Mendenhall is buried at Lorraine Cemetery, C-12-88. Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 44-E, Moore Field, Mission, Texas. courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Ria who indexed this class book. | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of -- N°--
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| CEMETERY | LORRAINE AMERICAN CEMETERY of St Avold | ||||||
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The accident site photograph, showing the wreckage of Lt Mendenhall's P-47, is courtesy of the 362 FG Facebook page.
Source : USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Abmc.gov - findagrave.com - Facebook.com - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Arie-Jan van Hees - Fieldsofhonor-database.com |
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| PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |