Fred G SNELL | ||||||||
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 35452643 | |||||||
| AGE | 29 yo | |||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1914 | |||||||
| STATE | Warren County OHIO | |||||||
| FAMILY | Single | |||||||
| RANK | S/Sergeant | |||||||
| FONCTION | Gunner | |||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Unskilled general woodworking occupations |  | ||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 20 april 1942 Cincinnati OHIO | |||||||
| SQUADRON | 410th Bomb Squadron | |||||||
| GROUP | 94th Bomb Group | |||||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | |||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 may 1943 | | ||||||
| STATUS | KIA | |||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Lieu-dit "Les Frais" - Hameau de la Poterie - Cne Les Champs-Géraux | |||||||
| DATA PLAN | B-17 Fortress - type F-55-BO - s/n 42-29476 GL*M "Snafu" Mission: Rennes (35) maritime warehouses Take-off: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK Shot by hunters (The plane goes into standby mode, preventing men to parachute - Only the Mitg ejected with his parachute) | |||||||
| CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James | |||||||
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Crew B-17 Fortress - type F-55-BO - s/n 42-29476 GL*M "Snafu" |
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| 1st Lieutenant | Max L HECOX | Pilot | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James |  |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Rolland V VANDERHOOK | CoPilot | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James |  |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Charles B "Chuck" HARRISON | Navigator | USAAF | Dead- Cim Nat de Long Island USA | |
| 1st Lieutenant | Ronald G "Ronnie" Mc COY | Bomber | USAAF | Dead - Pennsylvania USA | |
| S/Sergeant | Harry Delbert "Dibby" SYMMONDS | Gunner | USAAF | Dead | |
| S/Sergeant | George T COATES | Radio | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James |  |
| S/Sergeant | Fred G SNELL | Gunner | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James | |
| S/Sergeant | Eugene "Gene" Mc COY | Gunner | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James |  |
| Sergeant | Joseph G TASHJIAN | Gunner | USAAF | Dead - New York Cem USA | |
| T/Sergeant | Herman PHILBECK | Gunner | USAAF | Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| Major | Randolph C BARTHOLD | Observator | USAAF | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James |  |
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| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov/aad |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | -- |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |