Earl J Propst
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 13 September 1944 in AC 42-50279.
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Staff Sergeant Earl J. Propst was born August 3, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Earl and Alice Propst. He was from Morgantown, West Virginia.
On September 13, 1944, he was serving as Radar Observer aboard “Envy of Them All,” B-24 tail #42-50279, of the 392nd Bomb Group, 576th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Rudesheim, Germany.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron 858th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
Events
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Born |
Morgantown, WV, USA | 3 August 1923 | Staff Sergeant Earl J. Propst was born August 3, 1923. His next of kin were his parents, Earl and Alice Propst. He was from Morgantown, West Virginia. |
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Died |
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany | 13 September 1944 | On September 13, 1944, he was serving as Radar Observer aboard “Envy of Them All,” B-24 tail #42-50279, of the 392nd Bomb Group, 576th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Rudesheim, Germany. |
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Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at St. Avold, France. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
ABMC, MACR 8848 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia