Donald Welch Bourlier
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11199.
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: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-395681
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Tonawanda, NY | 15 April 1922 | Son of Charles Dewey and Frances Emogene [Welch] Bourlier. |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY | 7 November 1942 | |
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Died |
Frankleben, Germany | 21 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. KIA MACR 11199. |
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Buried |
Frankleben, Germany | 22 November 1944 | Interred Frankleben cemetery |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 21 November 1944 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Enlisted |
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| Lockport, NY |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database