Thaddeus Hopkins GRACE

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE--
AGE-- yo
DATE OF BIRTH--
ETAT--
FAMILY 
RANK--
FONCTION--
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
REGIMENT SQUADRON573rd Bomber Squadron
DIVISION GROUP573rd Bomber Squadron
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH19 March 1944--
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATH Sector Pas de Calais
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95849 O8*B

B26 MARAUDER

Macr : 5853

Mission : Site lourd V1 - Gris Mont/Rebecques (62)

Liftoff Station 166 Matching Green, Essex UK

The aircraft belonged to the 575th BS, but the crew was 573th BS

Shot by direct flak shot in pass 2

Crush on fire with his bombs activated

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Palfart

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1642
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

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Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf 9af 391bg 575bs
STORY
 

 

Crew of  B-26 Marauder - type B-50-MA - s/n 42-95849 O8*B

 

First Lieutenant Frank Jr  BERNZEN Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-738335 - DFC/AM/PH - Né en 1919 - Son of Frank and Grace (Deweese) Bernzen - Husband of Lucie Belle Glass - COLORADO
Second Lieutenant John D.  HILL CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-692789 - AM/PH - TEXAS
Second Lieutenant Thomas R DRAGONETTI Bomber Dead Long Island Nat Cem. H.99-64 - Long Island, NEW YORK O-746658 - Né le 09/07/1920 - NEW YORK
T/Sergeant Thaddeus Hopkins GRACE Radio Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 34331037 - ALABAMA
S/Sergeant Gale F.  BROWN Mechanic/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 36448267 - AM/PH - Born in 1922 à St-Louis, Missouri - Son of James Franklin and Goldie Pearl (Hoech) Brown - ILLINOIS
S/Sergeant John F. LA PLANTE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 11035865 - AM/PH - VERMONT
B26 MARAUDER

 

equipage 42 95849

2 Sept 1994 Dedication in France:

We place this plaque here today to honor and keep alive the memory of 6 American crewmen of a B26 Marauder of the 9th Air Force 391st Bomb Group 573rd squadron who died on a combat mission to Pas de Calais on March 19-1944. Our brothers gave their lives during the European conflict so that we might be free. They came to rest here in Palfart, France and were interred in the churchyard of Eglise de I'Immaculee Conception.


SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFindagrave.com  - Abmc.gov Francecrashes39-45.net 
PROGRAMMERGarrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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