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TSGT Martin Geddes Bacon Jr.

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TSGT Martin Geddes Bacon Jr. Veteran

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
20 Dec 1942 (aged 24)
France
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION E SITE 4394
Memorial ID
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Martin served as a Technical Sergeant and Top Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24432, 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 16, 1941, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the production of glass and glass products and also as Single, without dependents.

Martin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by anti-aircraft & attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed in France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

Service ID: 13043031.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24432:

Bacon, Martin G, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maryland
Barbour, Jackson M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Brown, Bruce H ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, California
Byrdic, Edwin D ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, South Carolina
Carper, Reeves S ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Connor, Mark B ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Corson, Dan W ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Ohio
Ferris, Robert L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York
Martin served as a Technical Sergeant and Top Turret Gunner on B-17F #41-24432, 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 16, 1941, prior to the war, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the production of glass and glass products and also as Single, without dependents.

Martin was "Killed In Action" when his B-17 was hit by anti-aircraft & attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed in France during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

Service ID: 13043031.
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Airmen who perished on B-17F #41-24432:

Bacon, Martin G, Jr ~ T/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner, Maryland
Barbour, Jackson M ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, Tennessee
Brown, Bruce H ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, California
Byrdic, Edwin D ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, South Carolina
Carper, Reeves S ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, Colorado
Connor, Mark B ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, New Jersey
Corson, Dan W ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Ohio
Ferris, Robert L, Jr ~ S/Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner, New York

Inscription

TSGT, 401 AAF BOMB SQ, 91 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II



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