Gideon Willis Warne
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43 in B-24 41-23832 'Maggie'; hit by flak in the target area, lost altitude and fell out of the formation, attacked by fighters. Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727161
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14055946
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18085234
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034619
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7000408
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner; Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Vicinity Alte Mellum Island | 22 March 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43; Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585 |
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Born |
Elburn, Illinois, USA | Son of Harry W and Gertrude H Warne. | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 22 March 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery | ||
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Buried |
Blackberry Cemetery, Elburn, Kane County, IL | Memorialised Blackberry Cemetery Elburn, Kane County, Illinois |