Paul L Facteau
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 45260 - Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG) Kneeling Left to Right:...
Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 16126
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822749
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pretty Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Go Getter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Starduster
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 March 1945
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 19 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 March 1945
- Date: 14 March 1945
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tupper Lake, NY, USA | 18 August 1924 | Son of Henry H and Rosetta Facteau. |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 30 November 1942 | New York City, New York |
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Enlisted 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham | 30 November 1944 - 23 March 1945 | Assigned to 336BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Campsea Ashe, Woodbridge IP13, UK | 23 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Holzwickede 23-Mar-45. Mid air collision with B-17 44-8754, crashed Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Killed in Action (KIA). |
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Buried |
28 July 1948 | Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section: 12, Grave: 5184 | |
| New York, NY, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83640018/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/717369371/u-s-veterans-gravesites-ca-1775-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49179876/paul-l-facteau
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php