Thaddeus Hopkins GRACE
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REGIMENT SQUADRON | 573rd Bomber Squadron | ||||||
DIVISION GROUP | 573rd Bomber Squadron | ||||||
ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 19 March 1944 | ||||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Sector Pas de Calais | ||||||
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B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95849 O8*B Macr : 5853 Mission : Site lourd V1 - Gris Mont/Rebecques (62) Liftoff Station 166 Matching Green, Essex UK The aircraft belonged to the 575th BS, but the crew was 573th BS Shot by direct flak shot in pass 2 Crush on fire with his bombs activated | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Palfart | ||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95849 O8*B
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First Lieutenant | Frank Jr BERNZEN | Pilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-738335 - DFC/AM/PH - Né en 1919 - Son of Frank and Grace (Deweese) Bernzen - Husband of Lucie Belle Glass - COLORADO | |
Second Lieutenant | John D. HILL | CoPilot | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-692789 - AM/PH - TEXAS | |
Second Lieutenant | Thomas R | DRAGONETTI | Bomber | Dead | Long Island Nat Cem. H.99-64 - Long Island, NEW YORK | O-746658 - Né le 09/07/1920 - NEW YORK |
T/Sergeant | Thaddeus Hopkins GRACE | Radio | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 34331037 - ALABAMA | |
S/Sergeant | Gale F. BROWN | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 36448267 - AM/PH - Born in 1922 à St-Louis, Missouri - Son of James Franklin and Goldie Pearl (Hoech) Brown - ILLINOIS | |
S/Sergeant | John F. LA PLANTE | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 11035865 - AM/PH - VERMONT | |
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2 Sept 1994 Dedication in France: We place this plaque here today to honor and keep alive the memory of 6 American crewmen of a B26 Marauder of the 9th Air Force 391st Bomb Group 573rd squadron who died on a combat mission to Pas de Calais on March 19-1944. Our brothers gave their lives during the European conflict so that we might be free. They came to rest here in Palfart, France and were interred in the churchyard of Eglise de I'Immaculee Conception. |
SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - |
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PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |