Military
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10139
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10139
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Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 11/2/44; 1SAG Langley 8/4/44; Morrison 26/4/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 7/5/44; transferred to 20BS; Missing in Action Regensburg 9/12/44 with Woodruff Warren, Co-pilot: Don Hart, Navigator: George Mayottm/op, Flight engineer...
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Ansley Pike, AL | 29 January 1911 |
| Lived in | Opp, AL | October 1940 |
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Nok: Wife Gladys Pearl Cox. |
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| Enlisted | Fort McClellan, AL | 27 November 1942 |
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Fort McClellan Alabama |
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| Based | Amendola | 1944 – 9 December 1944 |
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Assigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Linz, Austria | 9 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Pilsen, Czech in B-1742-97739 9-Dec-44; Hit by flak, partial crew bale-out, crash landed near Linz, Austria. Captured and executed en route to Kaplitz. KIA MACR 10139 |
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| Buried | 9 December 1944 | |
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Buried in shallow grave alongside road after execution. |
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| Buried | Nurnberg, Germany | May 1945 |
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Interred |
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| Buried | 1946 | |
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Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial |
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| 11 December 2019 14:54:01 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 December 2019 14:50:48 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nickname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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