Thomas Neiles MONTAG

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-732311
AGE24 yo
DATE OF BIRTH

15 April 1919 West Bend

 Palo Alto County

ETATIOWA
FAMILY

Parents : Joseph Valentine & Catherine Frances Fogarty MONTAG

Siblings : Helen Margaret, James Marvin, Mary Bea, Maurice Joseph, Vincent John, Jerald Jerome, Richard Edward & Emmet Eugene

RANKCaptain
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT Semiskilled construction occupationsNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT26 January 1942 Fort Des Moines IOWA
 SQUADRON395th Fighter Squadron
 GROUP368th Fighter Group
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH14 august 1944ip
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHAndaine Forest  Mont en Gérome - Cne de La Coulonche -  Domfront
DATA PLAN

 P-47 Thunderbolt - type D-25 - s/n 42-26393 A7*?  "Sally"

blosville

Macr : 8155

Mission : Armed recognition

Takeoff terrain  A-3 Cardonville (14)

Crash observed by Lt Richard Kik (It was the 96th mission of Capt MONTAG)

Hanging trees during machine gunning at 12 noon

 
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Gorron3527

blosville

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
C6111

 

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
E1711
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal & 19 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot

 

dsc

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

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STORY
 CIRCUMSTANCES: Weather haze to 4000 feet
Statement by Lt Kik:
Captain Montag started to strafe some trucks on the main
road running east and west through the forest of Andaine
in the vicinity of Domfront.
He went into a pass at an angle of about 40°, he hit the
truck it started burning.
He started to pull out and scraped the trees for about a
distance of 30 yds and then his tail caught a tree and the
plane crashed into the forest. The plane burst into flames
and the engine has been torn off and the only thing I could
see was a small part of the fuselage which was burning.
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Forest stele of Andaine at a place called La Coulonche (61)

 

Temporary French grave of Capt MONTAG.

A Farmer found the crash site and buried Capt MONTAG.

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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAad.archives.gov - Ouest-france.fr/normandie - Francecrashes39-45.net Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - Frédéric LAVERNHE  - 368thfightergroup.comAbmc.govAerosteles.net
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