Gordon Lester Marcouiller
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
back row left to right 1) Buckahanna, 2) Lt. James A Harper ,Liberator 41-24234 3) Taylor , 4) Virgil, 5) S/SGT Alton S Railing , Liberator 41-24234 )
Liberator 41-24234 was know as MR. 5x5 when it went down Troy Hart
Photo from my mother in-law, S/Sgt Alton S Railing was her brother.
Object Number - UPL 19348 - Front left to right 1) Donath, 2) S/Sgt Thomas Appeldurn Liberator 41-24234 , 3) Summers, 4) 2D LT Gordon Marcouiller,...
Navigator of 41-24234, suffered a mid air collision with 42-7501 causing the shearing off the entire tail section of A/C causing it to crash, into the sea. Six parachutes were observed streaming out, but none survived. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1501
Awards: 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 66th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-743297
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 13 April 1923 | Son of Ernest and Clara M [Young] Marcouiller. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 2 June 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 26 November 1943 | Navigator of 41-24234, suffered a mid air collision with 42-7501 causing the shearing off the entire tail section of A/C causing it to crash, into the sea. Six parachutes were observed streaming out, but none survived. MACR 1501. KIA |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium. Plot D Row 13 Grave 7 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 26 November 1943 | Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 1501
MACR 1501 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
