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Levi O. TONN
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| NUMERO DE SERVICE | 36620984 | ||||||
| AGE | -- ans | ||||||
| DATE DE NAISSANCE | -- | ||||||
| ETAT | Comté de Cook ILLINOIS | ||||||
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| GRADE | Tech Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Mitrailleur Tourelle Haut | ||||||
| PROFESSION AVANT INCORPORATION | -- |  | |||||
| DATE D'INCORPORATION | -- | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 350th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 100th Bomber Group Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE DU DECES | 18 Mars 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUT | KIA | ||||||
| LIEU DU DECES | Les Defens Commune de Conteville à 12 km au sud-ouest d'Aumale | ||||||
| DONNEE DE PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-1-VE - s/n 42-39830 LN*Y "Berlin Playboy"
Macr: 3234 Mission: Augsburg (All) Décollage station 139 Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk Collision avec B-17 42-37913 piloté par Lt Stucke du 418th BS L'appareil se brise en 2 parties - Crash 12h10 | ||||||
| CIMETIERE | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY de Colleville | ||||||
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Story by Richard FAULKNEROnly survivor of the crash. When he fell on French soil in 1944, he was exfiltrated by the resistance thanks to the help of a local farmer. He refused the purple heart at the time. He considered at that time to have done simply his duty ... Richard was a belly gunner and he crawled out of his post. His first parachute not working, he had to use the second. 70 years later he decided to receive this medal simply for these little children. Like all he kept for 70 years for him what he had lived at the time | |||||||
  Presentation of the Purple Heart to Richard FAULKNER (89 years old)  | |||||||
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Clive TIRLEMONT - 100thbg.com - Francecrashes39-45.net - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMEURS | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |