Elmer LEJEUNE

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE38483001
AGE yo
DATE OF BIRTH 
ETAT LOUISIANA
FAMILY 
RANKStaff Sergeant  
FONCTIONGunner 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT LA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON364th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP305th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th U.S. Army Air Forces
DATE OF DEATH7 January 1944LEJEUNE Elmer tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCommune  Estree-Blanche - AIRE-SUR-LA-LYS
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E

"Daley's Male"

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Takeoff Station 105 Chelveston, Nothamptonshire

Shots by flak -Engine 3 then 2 HS engine, explosion in the bomb bay, elevator and right wing affected

Airplane evacuated in flames at low altitude around 13:40

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
D2324
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

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STORY
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-100-BO - s/n 42-30386 WF*E

"Daley's Male"

1st Lieutenant Neil H. LATHROP Pilot Escaped  O-802866 - Né le 30/09/1921 - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA  - Evasion par réseau Fillerin et Marie-Odile par Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar - Retour UK 02/05/1944
2nd Lieutenant Jesse R. CROOKSHANKS CoPilot Prisoner- Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  O-808793 - Jonesboro, TENNESSEE
2nd Lieutenant Gordon D. PROUT Navigator Prisoner - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12  
O-809715 - Long Branch, NEW JERSEY
2nd Lieutenant Charles J.  ROBERTS Bomber Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  O-749790 - AM/PH - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
T/Sergeant Joseph W. GEIGER Radio/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  13154135 - Oakmont, PENNSYLVANIA
T/Sergeant Earl L. ADAMS Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  38192286 - Tulsa, OKLAHOMA
S/Sergeant Elmer LEJEUNE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 38483001 - AM/PH - LOUISIANA
Sergeant Alfred E. WENDT Gunner Escaped  35348358 - Né 27/07/1920 - Oak Harbor, OHIO - Caché par les FFI pendant 6 mois
S/Sergeant George E. AYER Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  15334566 - Utica, KENTUCKY
S/Sergeant Otto A. DAMBACH Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  12203831 - Newark, NEW JERSEY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAbmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries  - Findagrave.com
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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