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Cemetery
Headstone of Clair W Des Voignes at Ardennes American Cemetery.
This photo of J R accompanied an article in the Sunday, May 21, 1944 edition of the Fort Collins Express-Courier. The article is titled: "John R. Leach Now Missing"
His grave in the american cemetery of Neuville en Condroz near Liege in Belgium
Ardennes American Cemetery; Plot C Row 1 Grave 21
John J Albers Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B, Row 25, Grave 16
2Lt James M Mc Vay
Ardennes American cemetery BELGIUM Grave 6 plot C row 14 James A Palmer 2°Lt
Major John Jerstad's memorial grave.
1st Lt. Darril F. Roufs' grave marker at Ardenne American Cemetery, Belgium
2Lt Gerald J. Duffy Plot D Row 21 Grave 5 Ardennes American Cemetery Neupré, Belgium
The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial lies near Neupré in Belgium, it is one of three American Cemeteries in Belgium, along with Flanders Field (First World War) and Henri-Chappelle. The site contains the headstones of 5,322 military dead, many who fell during the Ardennes Offensive in winter 1944 and the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944- January 1945. An additional 1,722 names are commemorated on the Wall of Missing. Three fifths of the fallen honoured at the Ardennes American Cemetery belong to airmen. A vast stone memorial chapel overlooks the site, emblazoned with an American Eagle, marble maps inside the chapel outline combat and supply activities during the Ardennes campaign.
The site was liberated by the 1st Infantry Division in September 1944, a temporary cemetery was established in February 1945. Following the war the site was chosen as a permanent cemetery, the Graves Registration Service oversaw the reinterment of remains. The American Battle Monuments Commision, who own and maintain the site oversaw the design by Reinhard, Hofmeister and Walquist and landscaping by Richard K Webel. The Ardennes American Cemetery was dedicated in 1960.
http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/ardennes-american-cemetery
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Brussels, one of five A/C bombing Diest aerodrome, failed to rejoin after attack, cause unknown 29-Aug-44. 1st Lt Aal Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8312.
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Military | First Lieutenant | 31st Transport Group
KIA. C-47 # 41-18627 presumed to have been shot down near Dunkirk.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31785 'Slightly Dangerous II' 4-Mar-44; shot down by fighters after losing an engine and falling behind and crashed NE of Stendal, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2797
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
Tail gunner, Loftin crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29958 'Battlin' Bombsprayer'. Mission #37 to the Arado Aircraft components at Anklam, Germany. MACR 886. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in the Ardennes AMC.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 90
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 368th Fighter Group
Clarence E Allen was declared missing in action on 12 October 1944, aged 23. Allen was taking part in a dive-bombing mission over Aachen, when his squadron engaged enemy fighters over Dusseldorf. All aircraft except Allen's returned to base, and...
Military | Staff Sergeant | B-24 Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
SSgt. George Allen was killed in action on 1 August, 1943, during Operation Tidal Wave onboard the B-24D Liberator, Hell's Wench, 42-40994.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned to 352BS, 303BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brux in B-17 44-6351 4-Mar-45; flak, crashed Waidhofen, Austria; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12903
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 100th Bomb Group
Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 4 x missions (Aachen, Hamm, Hamm, Merseburg). Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10831
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 490th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) near Strehia in B-17 #4339130
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 389th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) at Krefeld in B-24 "Wynn" Our Little Lady #42-95088. The 9 man crew bailed at around 2200 feet altitude over Sevelen, Germany while trying to reach allied lines around 15 miles NW of Krefeld. 8 of the crew were captured. Tzolag...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner, Radio Operator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
S/Sgt Gaetano C "Tommy" Abbatiello was the son of James Abbatiello and Lucia Grimaldo. His father owned a barber shop on Lake Avenue in Yonkers and Tommy worked there while taking flying lessons as a civilian. He received his pilot's license in 1940....
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 464th Bomb Group
On the 17th October 1944, whilst on route from Pantanella, Italy to bomb an ordnance factory South of Vienna, 1st Lieutenant Abrams plane, B24-J Liberator, (Lively Lady), was hit by flak. Abrams was believed to have been killed instantly on the flight...
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 445th Bomb Group
Shot down in flames after fighter attacks and crashed near Einbeck, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7569 'Sky Wolf'. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 364th Fighter Group
Assigned to 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Area sweep to Berlin, shortly after landfall formation went onto instruments due to overcast, element leader called a break as another group of P-51's where descending onto the formation,...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5826 'Jeravad Une Petite Peu', Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-31785 'Slightly Dangerous II' 4-Mar-44; shot down by fighters after losing an engine and falling behind and crashed NE of Stendal, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2797
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, Germany on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G 42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Killed in Action.
AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH
Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 493rd Bomb Group
Shot down 12 September 1944 in AC #43-38098. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hanover in B-17 42-30174 26-Jul-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aurich, near Bremen, Germany; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 90
Awards: AM, PH.
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| 30 September 2014 11:47:58 | Emily | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and person associations |
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Official Website: http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/europe/ardennes-american-cemetery |
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