Louis F. GIRARD Jr

 

girard louis f
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-682848
AGE21 ans 
DATE OF BIRTH

1923

ETATRitchie WEST VIRGINIA
FAMILYSingle
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONCopilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTActors and actressesWV
DATE of ENLISTEMENT10 july 1942 Wheeling WEST VIRGINIA
  SQUADRON360th Bomb Squadron 
 GROUP303rd  Bomb Group 
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH12 june 1944girard louis f tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCambrai 
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M 

"Tangerine"

b17

Macr: 5626

 Mission: Cambrai (59) et Epinoy (62): aérodromes

Takeoff station 107 Molesworth , CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Shot by the flak - 09h14

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1838
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross 

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart

 

dfc

am 3olc

Photo FDLM

 

 

usaf  8air force  303bg 360bs
STORY

 


 

Crew of  B-17 Fortress - type G-35-DL - s/n 42-107048 PU*M 

 

1st Lieutenant Roy EISELE Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-745655 - DFC/AM+3 - CALIFORNIA
2nd Lieutenant Louis F Jr GIRARD CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-682848 - DFC/AM+3 - WEST VIRGINIA
2nd Lieutenant Melvin GLADSTONE Bomber Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-746877 - DFC/AM+3 - ILLINOIS
2nd Lieutenant Murray SCHENKER Navigator Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-694734 - DFC/AM+3 - NEW YORK
T/Sergeant Louis M COWLEY Mechanic/Gunner Dead Forest Home Cem. Forest Park, ILLINOIS 16038217 - 23 yo   - Son of Louis B and June (Morton) Cowley, ILLINOIS
T/Sergeant Ralph MILLARD Radio Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  35521469 - DFC/AM+3 - Ohio
S/Sergeant Efrain   LONGORIA Gunner Dead Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem. San Antonio, TEXAS 38365009 - 20 ans - Né le 12/03/1924 - TEXAS
S/Sergeant Szymon FRIEDMAN Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  32228384 - DFC/AM+3/PH - NEW YORK
S/Sergeant Richard L BELL Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  15054420 - AM+2 - OHIO
S/Sergeant Edward Joseph VALLEE Gunner Prisonnier - NEW YORK - Initially escaped, is arrested, probably victim of Jacques Desoubrie - Interned in Fresnes (94)– One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 and sent to Sagan's Stalag Luft III - during the Sagan evacuation of January 45, is folded on the Stalag VIIA where he is released by US troops the 29/04/1945

equipage 42 107048 team

(Back) 1Lt Roy Eisele (P)(KIA)*, 2Lt Louis F. Girard (CP)(KIA)*,
2Lt Murray Schenker (N)(KIA)*, 2Lt Melvin Gladstone (B)(KIA)*,
(Front) T/Sgt Louis M. Cowley (E)(KIA), Sgt Efrain Longoria (BTG)(KIA),
S/Sgt Richard L. Bell (RWG)(KIA)*, T/Sgt Joseph A. Czerwonka (LWG),
S/Sgt Edward J. Vallee (TG)(POW), S/Sgt Ralph Millard (R)(KIA)*(far right)

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equipage 42 107048 stele Stele in memory of the B17 crew at Eswars equipage 42 107048 STELE1

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