Albert Ray Tillotson Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy. A/C C-47 42-93095 hit by flak, with an engine on fire, tried to land the plane in a field but a wing clipped a hedgerow and the A/C crashed, exploding, killing all aboard, Beuzeville-au-Plain, Manche, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8408.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11998072 / O-530935
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 91st Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
San Antonio, Texas, USA | 6 November 1942 | |
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Died |
50480 Beuzeville-au-Plain, France | 6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy. A/C C-47 42-93095 hit by flak, with an engine on fire, tried to land the plane in a field but a wing clipped a hedgerow and the A/C crashed, exploding, killing all aboard, Beuzeville-au-Plain, Manche, France. KIA. MACR 8408. |
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Buried |
50480 Beuzeville-au-Plain, France | 7 June 1944 | Interred Field burial Beuzeville-au-Plain, Manche, France. |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery | 27 March 1951 | Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay St. Louis County Missouri, USA |
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Born |
Tampa, Sitatyr, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico | Son Ray W and Clara L Tillotson | |
| Texas, USA | |||
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Based |
Upottery | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 91TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial |