Francis Bacon Latady
Military
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UPL 54910
TSGT Francis Bacon Latady
Aircraft Crew Chief
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
KIA 13 May 1944
Aircraft Crew Chief
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
KIA 13 May 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Comiso Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Kabrit
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia "Gino Lisa" Airport
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Birmingham, Alabama | 5 December 1915 | |
Cambridge, Massachussets | 16 October 1940 | ||
Enlisted |
Boston, Massachussetts | 2 February 1942 | |
Died |
Alesani Airfield, Corsica | 13 May 1944 | Last night around 10:00 A.M. the squadron was delighted by the barrage of ack-ack put up not too far distant from the field which everyone thought to be Bastia, but later proved to be the Airfield occupied by the 57th Fighter Group. However, it was another story when at approximately 3:30 A.M. we were shaken out of our beds by the return of Jerry whose target this time was Alesan Airfield. The raid lasted about an hour and destroyed a great many planes on the ground and field installation. Line personnel hugged slit trenches while fragmentation and screaming demolition bombs were released. The 487th dispersal area was the least effected although several casualties were sustained. One explosion killed T/Sgt. Latady instantaneously, Sgt. Hawkins was severely injured when a frag landed in the same slit trench he was occupying and Sgt. Reynolds died several hours after being taken to the hospital. |
Buried |
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot B Row 8 Grave 32 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery |