Jack S Crandell
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission Luxembourg
hit whilst strafing the 3rd train of the day, crashed near Kanach in P-51B 'Bottoms Up' 42-106917 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8539.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Baby Margene
- Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 406th Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron 512th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Luxembourg American Cemetery
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cortland, New York, USA | 25 July 1920 | Son of Helen M [Hesson] Crandell. |
Other Crashed |
Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK | 24 April 1944 | P-47, 42-8446 Take-off accident, Bottisham, 24 Apr 1944. |
Other Crashed |
Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK | 2 May 1944 | 2nd May 1944. While landing at Bottisham after a mission, undershot the runway in P-47 "Baby Margene", 42-75560, E2-G and crashed through the perimeter hedge beside the Bottisham - Little Wilbraham road. |
Died |
10 miles NE Luxembourg | 26 August 1944 | Lost 26 Aug 44 - KIA, crashed near Kanach, Germany, MACR 8539 in North American Mustang P-51B, 42-106917, E2-K. |
Westminster, MD, USA | |||
Based |
Bottisham | 26 August 1944 | Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial |
Revisions
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8539 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list