Wayne I. BALDWIN
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 12045024 | ||||||
AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 DELAWARE | ||||||
ETAT | Cortland County NEW YORK | ||||||
FAMILY | Parents : Lena B & Berton L BALDWIN Soeurs : Eunice F, Bernice M & Mable L | ||||||
RANK | Technical Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Mechanic | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 12 January 1942 Syracuse NEW YORK | ||||||
SQUADRON | 509th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 351st Bomber Group / Heavy | ||||||
ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 1943 |
Source : Clive Tirlemont | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Le Poteau - Commune de Ploeren | ||||||
DATA PLAN | B-17-F immatriculé 42-2838 The Concho Clipper | ||||||
CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of St James N°3578
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CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin) | ||||||
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Name of B 17 F "CONCHO CLIPPER" Westover MASSACHUSETTS Field Training Missing for 2 years before his grave was found in a small French village (name unknown) Nahannie was a left machine gunner near a B 17 F registered 42-29838 Info taken in interview of his brother William BADER who was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Regiment William received the silver star for bravery This bomber took off from 110 POLEBROOK station (UK) Nahannie died during the attack on the submarine base of St NAZAIRE mission number 61 The aircraft was harassed by FW 190s. They had just unloaded their bomb cargo when an 88mm (FLAK) shell exploded in the bomb bay. This shell kill 3 artillerymen one of them was Nahannie The pilot Colonel J. JR. RUSSEL dived to extinguish the fire of the 2 right engines. Unable to regain control of the aircraft, the Colonel ordered the ejection. all survivors were taken prisoner, captive for 2 years // The plane crashed at Ploeren on May 29, 1943 |
Station 110 - PoleBrook (UK) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Clive TIRLEMONT - Francecrashes39-45.net - Max (Max la menace) - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Polebrook.com - Findagrave.com |
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PROGRAMMEURS | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |