On 19 August 1944, the B-26 Marauder he was flying in was assigned to attack the fixed fortifications near Metz, France. As they came over the coastline, seconds away from their target, the aircraft suffered a direct hit from a flak gun on its open bomb bay, causing it to explode in mid-air with no survivors.
On 19 August 1944, the B-26 Marauder he was flying in was assigned to attack the fixed fortifications near Metz, France. As they came over the coastline, seconds away from their target, the aircraft suffered a direct hit from a flak gun on its open bomb bay, causing it to explode in mid-air with no survivors.
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439 BOMB SQ 319 BOMB GP/M/ TX
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Entered the service from Texas.
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Records on Ancestry
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1920 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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