Theodore Fassitt Furness Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 18TCS, 64TCG, USAAF. Co-pilot aboard C-47 #41-7803 crashed at Moely Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Died Non Battle (DNB). 

Awards: PH.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

24 July 1917 Son of Theodore Fassitt Snr and Adele S Furness.

Enlisted

8 October 1941 MacDill Field, Florida

Died

23 August 1942

Buried

25 August 1942 Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

23 August 1942 Assigned to 18TCS, 64TCG, USAAF.

Born

Buried

Re-Interred Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Removed some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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ContributorEmily
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Removed association to 8th Air Force. Unit did not exist under this designation until February 1944

62nd Troop Carrier Group was a part of VIII Ground Air Support Command

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27