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Julius W KRAFFT
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-735399 | ||||||
| AGE | 27 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | -- | ||||||
| ETAT | Denver, COLORADO | ||||||
| FAMILY | -- | ||||||
| RANK | 2nd Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | - | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 524th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 379th Bomb Group | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 3 september 1943 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Lieu-dit La Livrée - EPINAY | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type F-45-DL - s/n 42-3300 WA*F
Macr: 1349 Mission: Evreux-Fauville (27) Take-off station 117 Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire UK The 3 bodies were originally buried in Bernay (27) The plane carrying 10 people ignited before crashing. The other seven were arrested and released in 1945. Shot by the flak at 9:55 Airplane partially evacuated before the explosion of the aircraft | ||||||
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CEMETERY COMMUNAL
| COMMUNAL CEMETERY of Bernay | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-45-DL - s/n 42-3300 WA*F |
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2nd Lieutenant |
Julius W KRAFFT |
Pilote |
Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer B.21.11 |
Corps retrouvé dans l'avion |
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2nd Lieutenant |
Norman Eugène |
TOFT |
CoPilot |
Prisonner |
Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang |
2nd Lieutenant |
Ronald William |
JACOBS |
Navigator |
Prisonner |
Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia |
2nd Lieutenant |
Thomas Donald |
PEIFER |
Bomber |
Prisonner |
Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 |
S/Sergeant |
Morrison T |
NOLAN |
Gunner |
Prisonner |
Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia |
T/Sergeant |
Hugh |
Mc KEEGAN |
Radio |
Prisonner |
Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow |
S/Sergeant |
Frank P FRYDRYK |
Gunner |
Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer B.16.34 |
Se tue en atterrissant dans un arbre |
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S/Sergeant |
Robert A |
VANDEGRIFF |
Gunner |
Prisonner |
Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia |
T/Sergeant |
Donald B ARMSTRONG |
Gunner |
Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer A.16.3 |
Corps retrouvé dans l'avion |
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T/Sergeant |
Delbert William |
KLUMP |
Gunner |
Prisonner |
Stalag 17B |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Aerosteles.net - Findagrave.com |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |