Francis Bacon Latady

Military

media-54910.jpeg UPL 54910 TSGT Francis Bacon Latady
Aircraft Crew Chief
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
KIA 13 May 1944

Object Number - UPL 54910 - TSGT Francis Bacon Latady Aircraft Crew Chief 340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF KIA 13 May 1944

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Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Birmingham, Alabama	5 December 1915
	Cambridge, Massachussets	16 October 1940
Enlisted	Boston, Massachussetts	2 February 1942
Died	Alesani Airfield, Corsica	13 May 1944	Last night around 10:00 A.M. the squadron was delighted by the barrage of ack-ack put up not too far distant from the field which everyone thought to be Bastia, but later proved to be the Airfield occupied by the 57th Fighter Group. However, it was another story when at approximately 3:30 A.M. we were shaken out of our beds by the return of Jerry whose target this time was Alesan Airfield. The raid lasted about an hour and destroyed a great many planes on the ground and field installation. Line personnel hugged slit trenches while fragmentation and screaming demolition bombs were released. The 487th dispersal area was the least effected although several casualties were sustained. One explosion killed T/Sgt. Latady instantaneously, Sgt. Hawkins was severely injured when a frag landed in the same slit trench he was occupying and Sgt. Reynolds died several hours after being taken to the hospital.
Buried	Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial		Plot B Row 8 Grave 32 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery

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