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CAPT Norman Louis Aigner

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CAPT Norman Louis Aigner

Birth
Charles City County, Virginia, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 25)
Blosville, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
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Plot C Row 17 Grave 15
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U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal and Air Medal

Foreign Awards: French - Croix De Guerre, with Bronze Star

Headquarters 53rd Troop Carrier Wing

Before the war, CPT Aigner graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1939. CPT Aigner served as a Co Pilot on Horsa Glider Jl-161 and crashed with the Pilot and two members from the 82nd Airborne Division near Blosville, France due to German gun fire.

The Pilot and a passenger survived, but the Pilot died in Holland, during Operation Market Garden.
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal and Air Medal

Foreign Awards: French - Croix De Guerre, with Bronze Star

Headquarters 53rd Troop Carrier Wing

Before the war, CPT Aigner graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1939. CPT Aigner served as a Co Pilot on Horsa Glider Jl-161 and crashed with the Pilot and two members from the 82nd Airborne Division near Blosville, France due to German gun fire.

The Pilot and a passenger survived, but the Pilot died in Holland, during Operation Market Garden.

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Entered the service from Virginia.

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  • Maintained by: Frogman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56641735/norman_louis-aigner: accessed ), memorial page for CAPT Norman Louis Aigner (15 Jun 1918–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56641735, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Frogman (contributor 47380828).