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Sgt Donald Charles Kaspar
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Sgt Donald Charles Kaspar

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Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
11 Nov 1944 (aged 19)
At Sea
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Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy Add to Map
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Sergeant, 744th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.


Killed In Action when B-24H Liberator #44-40623 ditched in the Adriatic Sea after being recalled from a mission to bombard the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria, due to bad weather.

All ten crewmembers aboard were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 9674.


The personnel missing were:


1LT Ralph A Klobuchar, O-705082, MI, Pilot

2LT Thomas E Archer, O-824349, PA

2LT Frank N Daur Jr, O-776882, NY

2LT Ralph W Long, O2061008, OH

SGT Ira W Armstrong, 37531928, MO

SGT Ralph N Bassett, 36871276, MI

SGT James C Harper, 39013227, CA

SGT Donald C Kaspar, 37482606, NE

SGT John R Usry Jr, 14136767, GA

SGT Norman C Wassell, 36889783, MI

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Sergeant, 744th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.


Killed In Action when B-24H Liberator #44-40623 ditched in the Adriatic Sea after being recalled from a mission to bombard the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria, due to bad weather.

All ten crewmembers aboard were killed. Missing Air Crew Report № 9674.


The personnel missing were:


1LT Ralph A Klobuchar, O-705082, MI, Pilot

2LT Thomas E Archer, O-824349, PA

2LT Frank N Daur Jr, O-776882, NY

2LT Ralph W Long, O2061008, OH

SGT Ira W Armstrong, 37531928, MO

SGT Ralph N Bassett, 36871276, MI

SGT James C Harper, 39013227, CA

SGT Donald C Kaspar, 37482606, NE

SGT John R Usry Jr, 14136767, GA

SGT Norman C Wassell, 36889783, MI

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Entered the service from Nebraska.

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  • Maintained by: blazen36
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56364540/donald_charles-kaspar: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt Donald Charles Kaspar (18 Mar 1925–11 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56364540, citing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy; Maintained by blazen36 (contributor 49893165).