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CPL Gene Sine

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CPL Gene Sine Veteran

Birth
Death
18 Nov 1944 (aged 25)
Burial
Saint Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 738
Memorial ID
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Corporal Sine served with the 326th
Combat Crew Training Squadron at MacDill
Army Airfield, Tampa, Florida.

He was one of nine airmen killed in a crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6197, twelve
miles southwest of a location described as
Green Springs, in Manatee County, Florida.

The air crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Lawrence S Scofield, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Farlan L Spencer, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Lowell E Smith
2nd Lt. Alonza L Winder
Cpl. Adrian W Armour
Cpl. Lynn H McClurg
Cpl. Gene Sine
Cpl. Edward J Strainer
Cpl. John F Brady
Corporal Sine served with the 326th
Combat Crew Training Squadron at MacDill
Army Airfield, Tampa, Florida.

He was one of nine airmen killed in a crash
of B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6197, twelve
miles southwest of a location described as
Green Springs, in Manatee County, Florida.

The air crew killed were:

2nd Lt. Lawrence S Scofield, Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Farlan L Spencer, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Lowell E Smith
2nd Lt. Alonza L Winder
Cpl. Adrian W Armour
Cpl. Lynn H McClurg
Cpl. Gene Sine
Cpl. Edward J Strainer
Cpl. John F Brady

Inscription

Cpl Air Corps
Member of a Flying Fortress
World War II

"Glory lights the soldier graved"


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  • Created by: Gary Feezel
  • Added: Apr 26, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26419549/gene-sine: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Gene Sine (25 Mar 1919–18 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26419549, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Saint Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Gary Feezel (contributor 46962351).