Vance H Murphy
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
see my entries to John Kanyak and Vance H Murphy
Object Number - FRE 1740 - My Dad's B-24 Liberator (MK-A+_, serial number 42-78483) of the 445th Bomb Group flies with a fellow Liberator. You Can See The ID # On The Tail
Killed in Action (KIA) 9 August 1944 in B-24 #4278483
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13060299
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
57220 Fouligny, Lorraine, France | 9 August 1944 | Airplane was shot down by flak during a mission. Vance H. Murphy apparently survived initially and was arrested by German Gendarmerie together with John Kanyak, but both werde murdered subsequently by Gestapo. |
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Born |
New Mexico | ||
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Buried |
Plot B Row 14 Grave 44 | ||
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Other Interned (INT) |
57500 Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France | 9 August 1944 |
Revisions
Files of German Prosecutor's Office Staatsanwaltschaft Landgericht Mannheim 1 Js 377/64.
Birsic, ABMC, MACR 7385, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7385 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database