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Francis Hopkins DRESSER
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-416285 (17002469) | ||||||
| AGE | 20 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4 July 1914 Manhattan, Riley County, KANSAS | ||||||
| ETAT | Riley KANSAS | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Single | ||||||
| RANK | Major | ||||||
| FONCTION | Commandant | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Financial institution clerks |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 8 October 1940 Fort Riley KANSAS | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 849th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 490th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 1 September 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Aérodrome A-23 near Querqueville | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-80-BO - s/n 43-37941 Red-Tip
Macr: 8857 Mission: Gustavburg (All) - Objectif secondaire After crossing the French coast on the way, collision with B17 43-38184 at 11:59 The place of the collision would have occurred at the level of Les Anthieux-sur-Calonne (4917N 0018W) at 18000 feet Airplane partly evacuated by parachute Take-off station 134 Eye, Suffolk UK | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-75-BO - s/n 43-37941 W8*? Red Tip"Miss Ana Bortion"
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| Major | Francis Hopkins | DRESSER | Commandant | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-416285 - AM/PH - 30 ans - Fils de Leonard Dresser et Anna May Kircher - Los Angeles, California USA - Manhattan KANSAS - 2e mission |
| 1st Lieutenant | Charles S | FREY | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-761918 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA |
| 2nd Lieutenant | George W | HIXSON | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-768099 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA |
| Flight/Officer | Lowell | SHUMAN | Navigator | Dead | T-124531 - Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA |
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| 2nd Lieutenant | Donald | HOEFFLER | Bomber | Dead | Golden Gate Nat Cem. San Bruno, CALIFORNIA | O-766267 - 22 ans - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA |
| S/Sergeant | Thomas H | GOSSETT | Radio/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 34644630 - AM/PH - Spartanburg, SOUTH CAROLINA |
| S/Sergeant | Floyd G | HALL | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 33564703 - AM/PH - Baltimore City, MARYLAND |
| Sergeant | Calvin Charles | PULVER | Gunner | Dead | Greenwood Cem. Jennings, LOUISIANA | 38538654 - 19 ans - Né le 29/10/1924 - LOUISIANA |
| Sergeant | Donald L | RUSSELL | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 35226101 - AM/PH - Richland, OHIO |
| Sergeant | Edward C | SCHANHAAR | Gunner | Dead | St-Marys Cem. Melrose, MINNESOTA | 37574644 - 21 ans - Melrose, MINNESOTA |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Ladives1944.com - Kansasfallensoldiers.weebly.com - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com- Aad.archives.gov - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |