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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 31071457 | ||||||
| AGE | 23 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 | ||||||
| ETAT | Washington RHODE ISLAND | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Single | ||||||
| RANK | Staff Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 4 March 1942 Fort Devens MASSACHUSETTS | ||||||
| REGIMENT SQUADRON | 845th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| DIVISION GROUP | 489th Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 25 July 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Near St-Lô | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-24 Liberator - type H-20-FO - s/n 42-94852 T4*Y
Macr: 8237 Mission: St Lo Takeoff Station 365 Halesworth, Suffolk UK Shots by flak - 10h12 | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type H-20-FO - s/n 42-94852 T4*Y Cercle-W
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| 1st Lieutenant | John J. SLEIN | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-811254 - DFC AM+3/PH - Son of Mary E Slein, Janesville, WISCONSIN | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Harold J | MORSE | CoPilot | Prisoner | O-816546 - Son of Sadie Morse, NEW YORK - Seriously injured - Taken by the Germans and recovered by US soldiers | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Burton F. Hahn | Bomber | Dead 26/07/1944 | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-686150 - Son of Jerome N Hahn, Forest Hills, NEW YORK - Died from wounds | |
| S/Sergeant | Francis D. RUFFINI | Mechanic | Dead | Cim Brit Am St-James | 12053044 - AM+3/PH - Brooklyn, NEW YORK | |
| S/Sergeant | Nicholas | BONITZ | Radio Opérateur | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge | 33150771 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Son of Charles Bonitz, Hooversville, PENNSYLVANIA |
| Sergeant | Robert E | DIXON | Gunner | Dead | Inconnu | 33419829 -Husband of Mary J Dixon, Pittsburg, PENNSYLVANIA |
| S/Sergeant | Loy M | HARVEY | Gunner | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Cambridge | 34263034 - AM+3/PH - 27 ans - Son of Monroe et Mary Jane (Hobby) Harvey, Rebecca, GEORGIA |
| S/Sergeant | Louis Jr PANCIERA | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 31071457 - AM+1 - Son of Rose Panciera, Westerley, RHODES ISLAND | |
| Sergeant | Joseph W | UDICK | Gunner | Dead | Santa Fe Nat Cem. Santa-Fe, NEW MEXICO | 17146129 - 21 ans - Son of Helen C Udick, Las Animas, COLORADO |
| S/Sergeant | Peter J. ISLES | Gunner | Dead 26/07/1944 | MIA - Tablets Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 13108325 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Son of Lillian J Isles, Swissvale, PENNSYLVANIA | |
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| INFORMATION & PHOTO SOURCE | Francecrashes39-45.net | |||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com -
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - |
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| PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |