BLOOM William A - 439 BS 319 BG


 

William A. BLOOM Jr

 

bloom william a tombe

 Source : Linda Giovanna Zambanini

ARMY SERIAL NUMBERO-661435
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1919
STATETEXAS
FAMILYSingle
RANK1st Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB before ENLISTEMENTSkilled mechanics and repairmenTX
DATE of ENLISTEMENT10 November 1941 Houston TEXAS
SQUADRON439th Bomb Squadron
GROUP319th Bomb Group
ARMY15th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH12 November 1942

bloom william a tombe

Source : F Lavernhe

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHLes Pieux (50)
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type B-3-MA - s/n 41-17777 "Boogie Woogie"

B26 MARAUDER

Mission: Transfer of HeadQuarter Attalbridge UK to North Africa Operation Torch
Take-Off: Station 120 à Attelbridge UK
Shot down by a Messerschmitt Me 109 fighter

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
F1116
DECORATION
Purple HeartPhoto FDLM
usaf   319bg439bs
 
 

Equipage du B-26 Marauder - type B-3-MA - s/n 41-17777

"Boogie Woogie"
1st Lieutenant William A Jr BLOOM Pilot USAAF Dead  Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
1st Lieutenant Ray W HENSLEE   USAAF Dead  Cim Am Cambridge
Sergeant Arnold F BETTGE   USAAF Dead  Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
T/Sergeant Carroll F SALTER   USAAF Dead  Cim Am Cambridge
Lieutenant/Colonel Alvord RUTHERFORD Passager USAAF HeadQuarter Dead  Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2nd Lieutenant Arthur K Jr PERRY Passager USAAF HeadQuarter Dead  Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
B26 1  B26 2

INFORMATION SOURCESFrancecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov
PICTURE SOURCEFindagrave.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Linda Giovanna ZAMBANINI 
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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