On July 7, 1944 the 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465 Bombardment Group, were flying B-24 Liberators on a mission to bomb the Blechhammer Oil Refinery at Kessel, Germany. This particular bomber was shot down. Five crewman were killed and five taken Prisoners of War.
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on August 16th, 1950.
***I would like to thank Tracy Lichtenwalter Find A Grave ID 47112158 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on August 16th, 1950.
***I would like to thank Tracy Lichtenwalter Find A Grave ID 47112158 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***
On July 7, 1944 the 783rd Bomb Squadron, 465 Bombardment Group, were flying B-24 Liberators on a mission to bomb the Blechhammer Oil Refinery at Kessel, Germany. This particular bomber was shot down. Five crewman were killed and five taken Prisoners of War.
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on August 16th, 1950.
***I would like to thank Tracy Lichtenwalter Find A Grave ID 47112158 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***
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U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 lists WWII dead returned from overseas. Re-interred on August 16th, 1950.
***I would like to thank Tracy Lichtenwalter Find A Grave ID 47112158 for adding her gravesite photo to this memorial***
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