Norman Raymond GELLERMAN | |||||||
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 37309882 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1917 Saint-Paul MINNESOTA | ||||||
| STATE | MINNESOTA | ||||||
| FAMILY | -- | ||||||
| RANK | T/Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Mechanic Gunner | ||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | -- |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | -- | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 36th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 482nd Bomb Group(328th Service Group) | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 2 march 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Hem Hardinval | ||||||
| DATA PLAN | B-24 Liberator - type DSA - s/n 42-63792 Mission: Op Musician 4 - Airdrop weapons maquis of the Aisne Take Off: Station 102 d'Alconbury, Cambridgeshire UK Shot down by flak 23:00 - Low Altitude to evacuate - landing on the belly - after explosion. | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type DSA - s/n 42-63792 |
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| 1st Lieutenant | Frank Green McDONALD | Pilot | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Thomas H KENDALL | Navigator | Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Edward Francis SHEVLIN | Bomber | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Frederick Clyde KELLY | CoPilot | Escape - Evasion par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar |
| T/Sergeant | Norman Raymond GELLERMAN | Mec/Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer A13.32 37309882 - AM/PH |
| T/Sergeant | Warren Lewis ROSS | Radio/Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug |
| S/Sergeant | Edward Henry DECOSTE | Gunner | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow |
| S/Sergeant | Leroy Ellsworth GOSWICK | Disp | Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow |
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Stele tribute to Hem Hardinval |
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| INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Frédéric LAVERNHE - Fr.geneawiki.com |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |