16 AUG 2017
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Earl P. Gorman, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for.
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On April 23, 1944, Gorman was a member of the 718th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, as the radio operator for a B-24 aircraft, on a bombing mission against targets near Schwechat, Austria. The formation left Grottaglie, Italy, and flew over Yugoslavia to reach the target, when they were attacked by German planes. During the attack, Gorman was struck and critically wounded. His crewmates put a parachute on him and bailed him out of the plane in an area they believed to be northeast of Zagreb, before bailing themselves. All of the crewmembers except Gorman survived.
Interment services are pending; a formal notification will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Earl P. Gorman, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for.
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On April 23, 1944, Gorman was a member of the 718th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, as the radio operator for a B-24 aircraft, on a bombing mission against targets near Schwechat, Austria. The formation left Grottaglie, Italy, and flew over Yugoslavia to reach the target, when they were attacked by German planes. During the attack, Gorman was struck and critically wounded. His crewmates put a parachute on him and bailed him out of the plane in an area they believed to be northeast of Zagreb, before bailing themselves. All of the crewmembers except Gorman survived.
Interment services are pending; a formal notification will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
16 AUG 2017
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Earl P. Gorman, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for.
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On April 23, 1944, Gorman was a member of the 718th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, as the radio operator for a B-24 aircraft, on a bombing mission against targets near Schwechat, Austria. The formation left Grottaglie, Italy, and flew over Yugoslavia to reach the target, when they were attacked by German planes. During the attack, Gorman was struck and critically wounded. His crewmates put a parachute on him and bailed him out of the plane in an area they believed to be northeast of Zagreb, before bailing themselves. All of the crewmembers except Gorman survived.
Interment services are pending; a formal notification will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Army Air Forces Tech. Sgt. Earl P. Gorman, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for.
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On April 23, 1944, Gorman was a member of the 718th Bombardment Squadron, 449th Bombardment Group, as the radio operator for a B-24 aircraft, on a bombing mission against targets near Schwechat, Austria. The formation left Grottaglie, Italy, and flew over Yugoslavia to reach the target, when they were attacked by German planes. During the attack, Gorman was struck and critically wounded. His crewmates put a parachute on him and bailed him out of the plane in an area they believed to be northeast of Zagreb, before bailing themselves. All of the crewmembers except Gorman survived.
Interment services are pending; a formal notification will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.
Inscription
T SGT 718 BOMB SQ 455 BOMB GP(H) MASS
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Massachusetts.
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