Jesse Daniel WELCH Jr

 

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Source : Jon Strupp
 
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-818495
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH28 September 1916   
ETATVIRGINIA
FAMILY 
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON397th Fighter Squadron
 GROUP 368th Fighter Group
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH20 July 1944

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Source : Michel Beckers

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHA-3  Cardonville
DATA PLAN

 P-47 Thunderbolt - type C-2-RE - s/n 41-6191 D3*Z

blosville

Mission : Vol d'entainement

Takeoff terrain  A-3 Cardonville (14)

Following a hydraulic failure, the aircraft stalled and crashed on landing

Pilot killed and plane destroyed by fire at 3.30 p.m.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  La Cambe3539

blosville


Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
J735
DECORATION

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot

 

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 

usaf 9af 368fg 397fs
STORY

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Maury Cemetery Richmond, Richmond City, VIRGINIA

Source : Beth Bond

 

Lt Welch took off on a training mission led by Capt Talbott of the 397th squadron.

Shortly after becoming airborne Capt Talbott called Lt Welch on the radio telling him to retract his wheels.

Lt Welch answered that he could not retract his wheels because he had no hydraulic pressure, whereupon Capt Talbott told him to land at base immediately.

Lt Welch came over the strip with wheels down at approximately 1000 ft making a landing pattern from North to South.

Lt Welch started a 360° gliding turn losing altitude rapidly so that by the time he had completed 270° of the turn he was down to approximately 100 ft altitude with the plane in a medium bank and no flaps down.

Lt Welch evidently attempted to tighten his turn into the field in nose high altitude.

At this point the plane apparently went into a stall or partial stall and slid down through some trees on the left wing and crashed killing the pilot and completely destroyed the plane.


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