Staff Sergeant with the 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, World War II.
Left Waist Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission to bomb the Deurag oil refinery in Misburg, Germany. Shot down by an enemy Fw-190A fighter and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B Starr, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
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Entered the service from Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish; ASN 38309651.
Enlisted at New Orleans, LA, September 4, 1942.
Interred October 3, 1950.
Left Waist Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission to bomb the Deurag oil refinery in Misburg, Germany. Shot down by an enemy Fw-190A fighter and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B Starr, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
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Entered the service from Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish; ASN 38309651.
Enlisted at New Orleans, LA, September 4, 1942.
Interred October 3, 1950.
Staff Sergeant with the 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, World War II.
Left Waist Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission to bomb the Deurag oil refinery in Misburg, Germany. Shot down by an enemy Fw-190A fighter and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B Starr, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
~
Entered the service from Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish; ASN 38309651.
Enlisted at New Orleans, LA, September 4, 1942.
Interred October 3, 1950.
Left Waist Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission to bomb the Deurag oil refinery in Misburg, Germany. Shot down by an enemy Fw-190A fighter and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B Starr, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
~
Entered the service from Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish; ASN 38309651.
Enlisted at New Orleans, LA, September 4, 1942.
Interred October 3, 1950.
Inscription
SSGT, 491 AAF BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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