DOOLITTLE Corbin M - 429 BS 2 BGH

 

Corbin Myers DOOLITTLE Jr

 

DOOLITTLE Corbin M

Source : Randy (Ellen Marchese)

NUMBER OF SERVICE12138213
AGE19 yo
DATE OF BIRTH25 March 1924 Manhattan, New York County, NEW YORK 
ENLISTMENT STATENEW YORK 
FAMILY

Parents : Douglas V & Bertha Mary DOOLITTLE 

RANK
Technical Sergeant Technical Sergeant
FONCTIONFlight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner 
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT ny
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON429th Bomber Squadron 
 GROUP2nd Bomber Group (Heavy) 
ARMY15th Air Force 
DATE OF DEATH4 February 1944

DOOLITTLE Corbin M

Source : Andy

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH

mer méditerranéenne

 
PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN

B-17F-75-BO:42-29903 

High Tension II

b17

Equipage du B17

1st Lt. Rutherfurd G Bingham, Pilot
2nd Lt. Dabney H Lea, Jr, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Laurence T Armstrong, Navigator
2nd Lt. Hamilton M Lamb, Bombardier
SSgt. Max Copp, Waist Gunner
TSgt. Corbin M. Doolittle, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
TSgt. John M Lawry, Radio Operator
SSgt. Frederick M Lemon, Jr , Waist Gunner
SSgt. Rex D Power, Tail Gunner
SSgt. Robert K Slocum, Ball Turret Gunner

(10 tués au combat) ; six chutes vues qui ont atterri en mer,

#2 moteur en feu ;

 
CEMETERYRHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan

Map of Rhône American Cemetery

GRAVE
 Wall of the Missing
DECORATION & BREVET

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart 

World War II Victory Medal  

 Air-Force Gunner Wings 

 

Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal 

 Aerial Gunner Badge 

 
 
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STORY
 

 Technical Sergeant, 429th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force.

Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-29903 "High Tension II" in World War II.

Shot down by enemy fighters on mission from Italy to bomb shipping targets at Toulon, France.

The B-17 was seen to go down into the Mediterranean Sea off the Côte d'Azur.

Although six parachutes were observed to exit the aircraft, no survivors were recovered and the 10-man crew were declared Missing In Action.

 

DOOLITTLE Corbin M

Source : Ancestry

 

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOWeremember.abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Ancestry - B17flyingfortress.de - Honorstates.org  
EDITORSVictor,  Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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