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Seymour M. MALAKOFF
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Source : Arnaud Gaté | |||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-660774 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 24 October 1916 New Haven, New Haven County, CONNECTICUT | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | NEW YORK | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents : Jacob & Ida Vera MALAKOFF Brother : James L | ||||||
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| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | legal service |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 16 October 1940 NEW YORK | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 75th Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 435th Troops Carrier Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 6 June 1944 |
Source : jmalfoy | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Saint-Côme-du-Mont | ||||||
| PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN |
Douglas C-47 - type A-60-DL - s/n 43-30735 SH*?
Macr : 8409 Take-off station 474 Welford, Berkshire Shot down by the light flak around 01:20 after dropping the paras | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St Mère Eglise #1 N°3584
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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| DECORATION & BREVET |
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| STORY | |||||||
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C_47 #43-30735 (pilot Seymour M. Malakoff) belonged to the 75th TCS and was shot down during mission Albany on D-day All the troopers on board including Harry Plisevich, Len Morris, Robert Niles, Paul Solea, and Clarence Felt jumped before the ship went in. Solea's reserve chute opened accidentally in the plane, causing a four minute delay in jumping. Due to the cloud banks and ground fire which brought down two other planes of the sameserial carrying G/501st personnel, the plane had strayed off-course. Butchski II was actually hit somewhere south of Carentan and then began a route bringing her NE, on an angle that took her above Addeville. She then turned back west bound and the occupants of the Frigot farm on the north side of the road just west of the A13 overpass heard it go over their house before she crashed a few fields over. There was a AA battery on the high ground just north of Chateau Bel Enault, which was pumping rounds at the plane as it turned west, losing altitude all the while. one of the troopers that jumped was KIA shortly after landing between Baupte and Raffoville, when he knocked on the door of a French farmhouseand a German answered, probably with a pistol in his hand. |
Source : The Carington News | ||||||
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Crew of Douglas C-47 - type A-60-DL - s/n 43-30735 SH*?
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| Capt | Seymour M. MALAKOFF | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-660774 - AM/PH - New York, New York | |
| 2Lt | Thomas A | TUCKER | CoPilot | Dead | MIA | O-686291 - Buffalo, New York |
| 2Lt | Eugene E | GAUL | Navigator | Dead | Long Island Nat. Cem. Farmingdale, New York * | O-807185 - 24 yo - New Jersey |
| Sgt | Paul B | JACOWAY | Mechanic | Dead | Fort Smith Nat Cem Arkansas * | 39097783 - 26 yo - Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| S/Sgt | Robert D | WALSH | Radio | Dead | MIA | 37397005 - St-Louis, Missouri |
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The C-47 carried 20 paratroopers (Cie H):
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Crew of the Douglas C-47 Source : The Carington News |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Arnaud Gaté - Theyweresoldiers.com - Findagrave.com - Weremember.abmc.gov - Ancestry - www.6juin1944.com |
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| REDACTEURS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |