Frank Percy DAUGHERTY Jr
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Source : Arnaud Gaté | ||||||
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | O-753863 | |||||
AGE | 24 yo | |||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 13 August 1920 | |||||
STATE | Laredo, TEXAS | |||||
FAMILY | Son of Irene SHAPU | |||||
RANK | 2nd Lieutenant | |||||
FONCTION | Pilot | |||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 27 may 1942 Houston TEXAS | |||||
SQUADRON | 613th Bomb Squadron | |||||
GROUP | 401st Bomb Group H | |||||
ARMY | 8th Air Force | |||||
DATE OF DEATH | 20 april 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | ||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||
PLACE OF DEATH |
Pont-Remy - ABBEVILLE | |||||
DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-20-BO - s/n 42-31593 IN*L "Carrie B" | |||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY COMMUNAL of Abbeville
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CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CIMETIÈRE PROVISOIRE de St André N°3572 | |||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||
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DECORATION |
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STORY | ||||||
Frank was born 1919 in Laredo, Texas. He was a graduate of Laredo High school in 1937.
He completed his degree in petroleum engineering at Texas A and M College. The day after he received his degree, he volunteerd in the air corps. He attended Roswell Army Air Field where he is a student in the fourengine pilot transition school. He received his wings at Winston, California. In 1944 he arrived in England to join the 401st BG His last mission, Apr 20, 1944, Target: Bois Coquerel, France, no 3 engine was hit by flak. About 3 or 4 minutes later A/C pulled up vertically , went into a dive to about 12,000 Feet and then exploded. He was awarded with an Air Medal and a Purple Heart Medal.
After the plane was hit by flak, no 3 and also no 4 engine were on fire. Frank went to the nose of the ship to warn his crew to bail out. But due to a lack of oxygen, Frank became unconscious. His co-pilot, William Maher, pushed Frank out of the plane and pulled his rip cord. Dennis beach, the navigator, found Frank on the ground, two hours later, but the Germans did not allowed him to get near him. According to the Germans, Frank was already dead.. Frank was buried in the English military cemetery Abbeville / Somme on 24 Apr 1944, single grave number B 15. Later he was transferred to Normandy cemetery, France. His name is also on the Laredo WW II and Korean Conflict Memorial, Jarvis Plaza.
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INFORMATION & PICTURE SOURCE | Remember-our-heroes.nl - Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |
Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-20-BO - s/n 42-31593 IN*L
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2nd Lieutenant | Frank Percy Jr DAUGHERTY | Pilot | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer |
O-753863 - PH Laredo, TEXAS |
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2nd Lieutenant | William Patrick | MAHER | CoPilot | Prisoner |
O-753837 - Né le 03/02/1919 - Binghamton, NEW YORK Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria |
Flight/Officer | Dennis Allen | BEACH | Navigator | Prisoner |
T-001430 - North Vernon, INDIANA Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria |
2nd Lieutenant | Rito Fuentes ARELLANO | Bomber | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer |
O-758746 - PH - Né en 1920 Santa Rita, NEW MEXICO |
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S/Sergeant | Joseph Michael Jr | PAVLOVSKI | Radio Gunner |
Dead |
14078643 - AM/PH - Né en 1921 Atlanta, GEORGIA |
S/Sergeant | Harold Leroy | JONES | Mecanicien Gunner |
Dead - Oakland Cem. Moberly, Randolph Co, MISSOURI |
39550693 - Né le 30/04/1922 Moberly, MISSOURI |
Sergeant | Patrick Leo | LEFFLER | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) |
39291617 - AM/PH - Né le 16/09/1924 à Gallantin, MISSOURI Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA |
S/Sergeant | Jerome Wesley | NELSON | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) |
20752119 - AM/PH - Né le 28/04/1919 Fillmore, MINNESOTA |
Sergeant | William John | WILLIAMS | Gunner | Dead - Maplegrove Cem. Gainsville, New York |
3711069 - AM/PH - Né le 01/11/1915 à Keeseville, NEW YORK |
Sergeant | Lawrence William SKEHAN | Gunner | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer |
31089101 - AM/PH - Né le 28/06/1915 East Boston, MASSACHUSETTS |
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8th AIR FORCED-Day - Order of battleU.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General Carl SPAATZ8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE
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