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FltOff Adrian Rothrock Loving

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FltOff Adrian Rothrock Loving Veteran

Birth
Santa Clara County, California, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 34)
Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot F Row 6 Grave 16
Memorial ID
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Member MGBVA supplied the following information from The Northern Neck News.

He (Adrian) was the Husband of Mrs. Anna Mae Loving, of Nomini Grove, and former resident of Richmond. He gave his life in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in France. He was a glider pilot, based in England, and was awarded the Air Medal, post humorously for meritorious achievement.

Information from Dan Stevenson:

Adrian Rothrock Loving was the third of four known children of Walter Lunsford Loving (180-1927) and Fanny Ethel Spears Loving (1884-p1920), who married c1907.

Adrian was a 1st Lieutenant with the 86th Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. He was a glider pilot and was killed when his glider was hit by enemy flack at Normandy during D-Day. He enlisted from Virginia.

Virtual Cemetery for crew of glider CG-4A 43-40197, lost on D-Day. Two crewmen and three passengers KIA. https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1684984
Member MGBVA supplied the following information from The Northern Neck News.

He (Adrian) was the Husband of Mrs. Anna Mae Loving, of Nomini Grove, and former resident of Richmond. He gave his life in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in France. He was a glider pilot, based in England, and was awarded the Air Medal, post humorously for meritorious achievement.

Information from Dan Stevenson:

Adrian Rothrock Loving was the third of four known children of Walter Lunsford Loving (180-1927) and Fanny Ethel Spears Loving (1884-p1920), who married c1907.

Adrian was a 1st Lieutenant with the 86th Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group. He was a glider pilot and was killed when his glider was hit by enemy flack at Normandy during D-Day. He enlisted from Virginia.

Virtual Cemetery for crew of glider CG-4A 43-40197, lost on D-Day. Two crewmen and three passengers KIA. https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/1684984

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Virginia.




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  • Maintained by: Dan Stevenson
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56647042/adrian_rothrock-loving: accessed ), memorial page for FltOff Adrian Rothrock Loving (10 Mar 1910–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56647042, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Dan Stevenson (contributor 47015440).