Rufus R. BURNS 

 

"Randall"

 

BURNS Rufus R
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-697986 
AGE yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETATPasadena CALIFORNIA 
FAMILYParents: Rufus Franklin & Hannah Elizabeth WHITLOCK BURNS  
RANKSecond Lieutenant 
FONCTIONNavigator 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT CA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
SQUADRON791st Bomber Squadron
GROUP467th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH13 August 1944BURNS Rufus R tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHPrès de Mézidon-Canon -  Caen
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52530 4Z*J+

"Bugs Bunny - What's Up, Doc?"

B 24 Liberator

Macr: 7913

Mission: Bridges of the Seine and knots

Takeoff Station 145 Rackheath, Norfolk UK - Crash observed by S / Sgt James R Lovelace - Note that if the MACR places this crash towards Mezidon (14), while B17-France.org places it at Putanges (61) and a other source in Le Trait (76)

Just after the bombs drop on the target, the plane is hit by the flak at the bomb bay, the nose and the right wing that breaks - the plane trailed an enormous ball of red light went breaks in two

The anterior part (nose) comes off while the rear part goes into a spin - The pilot and co-pilot are ejected during the disintegration of the cockpit. The rest of the crew is dead - 13:25

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
H517
DECORATION

Air Medal + 2 OLC

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

am2olc

Photo FDLM

victory medal

usaf 8air force 467bg 791bs

 

    

STORY
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type H-15-FO - s/n 42-52530 4Z*J+  

"Bugs Bunny - What's Up, Doc?"

First Lieutenant Charles J. LEYES Pilot Prisoner- Stalag Luft I. Barth-Vogelsang. North I  O-663161 - Dayton, OHIO
Second Lieutenant Myles E. COOLIDGE CoPilot Prisoner- Stalag Luft I. Barth-Vogelsang. North II  O-701902 - Arthyde, MINNESOTA 
Second Lieutenant Rufus R. BURNS Navigator Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-697986 - AM+2 - Pasadena, CALIFORNIA
S/Sergeant Algy Iverson HERRING Bomber Dead Martinsville Baptist Cem. TEXAS 18041706 - 26 yo to Bossier City, LOUISIANA
T/Sergeant Henry Joseph WORBY Mechanic Dead River Hills Mem Park, Batavia, Kane Co, ILLINOIS 36726002 - Born in 1915 - Batavia, ILLINOIS
Sergeant Leo J. MANLEY Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  32934716 - AM+2 - NEW YORK - Son of Mrs Lena Love Crawford-Herring
S/Sergeant William F. WILKINS Gunner Dead Unknow 35547107 - Fort Wayne, INDIANA
S/Sergeant Millard C. STEINBRENNER Gunner Dead Hanover Cem. Hanover Green, Luzerne Co, PENNSYLVANIA 33604272 - Wilkes-Barre, PENNSYLVANIA
S/Sergeant Albert E. SAKRISON Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  19169623 - AM+2 PH - CALIFORNIA
Sergeant Robert E. Jr MONTGOMERY Radio/Gunner Dead Fort Rosecrans Nat Cem. San Diego, CALIFORNIA 39278490 - 23 yo- West Riverside, CALIFORNIA
BURNS Rufus R b24 b24

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO Francecrashes39-45.net - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - B24bestweb.com - Americanairmuseum.com -    Findagrave.com
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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