Francis J Donahue
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 39558
"A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Peter Wabbit" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 24 July 1943."
Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1350
Award: Purple Heart
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- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 1 June 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Died |
Dorrebach, Germany | 17 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt raid 17-Aug-43. Shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Dorrebach, 6 miles W of Bingen, Germany KIA MACR 1350 |
Buried |
Dorrebach, Germany | 18 August 1943 | Interred Dorrebach cemetery. Reburial in US 1948, location unknown. |
Born |
North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA | Son of Joseph M and Mary F Donahue. | |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Kimbolton | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1350 / MACR 1350; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 276 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database