John William DYE

 

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Pilot Class Book 43-I, Ellington, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Willem who indexed this class book.

NUMBER OF SERVICEO-693651
AGE-- yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETATReedsport OREGON
FAMILYFather : John A DYE
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONCoPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON496th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP344th Bomber Group, Medium
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH27 April 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHFort Mardyck - 3 km of Dunkerque
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95893 N3*J

"Picadilly Commando/Facsimile"  

B26 MARAUDER

Macr : 4145

Mission : Batteries de Fort Mardyck (59)

Takeoff station 169 Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex UK

Crash observed by Sgts William H Slaton, Webster M Lehmann and Eugene M Benson

Shot by the flak above the target after dropping bombs, burning engine crashes 200 m from it

2 parachutes were observed

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B617
DECORATION

Air Medal & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

World War II Victory Medal

 

am

victory medal

 

 

usaf 9af 344bg 

 

    

STORY
 

 

Equipage du B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95893 N3*J

"Picadilly Commando/Facsimile"

 

1st Lieutenant Alton Benjamin RUBIN Pilot Dead Unknow Forrest HillS, NEW YORK 
2nd Lieutenant John William DYE CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer Son of Mr John A Dye, Reedsport, OREGON
Sergeant Charles Grove Jr WILKINSON Radio/Gunner Dead Salt Lake City Cem. UTAH 21 yo- Son of Mr Charles Grove et Mrs Mable Petrena Lund-Wilkinson, Salt Lake City, UTAH - Rehumed in 1950 in the USA
S/Sergeant Murphy FREDERICK Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia  Husband of Mrs Ellie R Frederick, Houston, TEXAS
S/Sergeant Vincent Joseph CONLON Gunner Dead Unknow Son of Mrs Julia G Conlon, Brooklyn, NEW YORK
S/Sergeant Robert  GARLICK Jr Photographe Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer Husband of Mrs Rita M Garlick, Lawrence, MASSACHUSETTS
Sergeant Walter H HEIST Bomber Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) Son of Mrs Alice Heist, Alden, NEW YORK
B26 MARAUDER

SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net  - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries                             
PROGRAMMERHenri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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