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PFC Henry E. Jankowski

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PFC Henry E. Jankowski

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Death
23 May 1945 (aged 26)
Taillefontaine, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Burial
Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA Add to Map
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The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of five and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home.

Information from: Andy (#48021049)
The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of five and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home.

Information from: Andy (#48021049)

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  • Created by: Mark Peebles
  • Added: Oct 7, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153376849/henry_e-jankowski: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Henry E. Jankowski (25 Sep 1918–23 May 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 153376849, citing Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA; Maintained by Mark Peebles (contributor 46514135).