Dave KRAMER
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Source : Arnaud Gaté | |||||||
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 16134206 | ||||||
AGE | 22 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 24 March 1922 | ||||||
STATE | Milwaukee, WISCONSIN | ||||||
FAMILY |
Parents : Isadore & Rose KRAMER Siblings : Minnie, Marie & Sam | ||||||
RANK | Technical Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Ch/Equip | ||||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 2 novembre 1942 Milwaukee WISCONSIN | ||||||
SQUADRON | 301st Troop Carrier Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 441st Troop Carrier Group | ||||||
ARMY | 9th Troop Carrier Command | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 6 june 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Wood of Limors - VARENGUEBEC | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
Douglas C-47 - type A-75-DL - s/n 42-101025 Z4*? Chalk #54 Macr: 7271 Mission: #15 - Mission Albany Take Off: Station 464 Merryfieldl, SOMERSET Shot by flak 01h42 - Explosion | ||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||
GRAVE |
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DECORATION |
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Dave was the son of Isadore and Rose Brier Kramer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Isadore came to the US from Russia in 1905, Rose came from Austria in 1904. Dave's siblings were Molly, Benny, Minnie, Doris, Edward, Elizabeth and Samuel. Dave enlisted in the U. S. Air Corp 2 November 1942. In the early hours of the morning of the 6th June 1944, C-47 aircraft 42-101025, serial number 54 of the 301st Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group left Merryfield airfield in Somerset, England and was making its way in tight formation with other troop carriers across the English Channel to Normandy, France. On board were a crew of four and a passenger load of 18 paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment plus equipment (wire, ammunition, and rafts) heading for drop zone D in Normandy France. All units were to fly across the English Channel and drop into Normandy, five hours prior to the famous seaborne landing. The 501st drop zones were north and east of the town of Carentan. Two battalions were to seize key canal locks at La Barquette and destroy the bridges over the Douve River. As the aircraft reached the coast of France, heavy cloud and fog scattered their formations while intensive flak barrages added to the confusion. On this night, many would not return home, among these, the brave crew of this C-47 and their eighteen passengers. Shot down out of the sky, their plane crashed in Bois de Limors with all personnel on board. There were no survivors. Lives lost in this tragedy: 2nd Lieutenant Eugene F. Hennig (Pilot) from Fort Smith, Arkansas;2nd Lieutenant Albert A. Dorrance, Jr. (Co-Pilot) of California; Technical Sergeant Dave Kramer (Crew Chief) from Wisconsin;Corporal James E. Davison (Radio Operator) from Montana;And 18 paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. (Info courtesy Rebecca on Arkansas Ties.) |
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Crew of Douglas C-47 - type A-75-DL - s/n 42-101025 Z4*? Chalk #54 |
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2nd Lieutenant | Eugène Frederick "Sack" HENNIG | Pilot | 301st Troop Carrier Squadron | Dead - Mem. Forest Park Cem. Fort Smith, ARKANSAS | |
2nd Lieutenant | Albert Anson Jr DORRANCE | CoPilot | 301st Troop Carrier Squadron | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA | |
T/Sergeant | Dave KRAMER | Ch/Equip | 301st Troop Carrier Squadron | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - Milwaukee, WISCONSIN | |
Cpl | James Erbine DAVISON | Radio | 301st Troop Carrier Squadron | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - Princeton, MISSOURI | |
Passager of 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment |
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1st Lieutenant | Ian D NICOLSON | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Golden Gate Nat Cem. San Bruno, CALIFORNIA | |
Tech 4 | Joseph Jr LLOREDA | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Oleander Cem. Galveston, TEXAS | |
Sergeant | Robert A KENNEL | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Arlington Nat Cem. VIRGINIA | |
Pvt | Clifford K SMITH | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Mountain View Cem. Rural Retreat, VIRGINIA | |
Pvt | Claude E HOPE | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - FLORIDA | |
Pvt | Ellsworth H ONGER | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - MINNESOTA | |
Pvt | Zale WELLS | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - MONTANA | |
Pfc | James B SHEEN | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - IDAHO | |
Pfc | Doyce F SPRUELL | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Salem Baptist Church Cem. Carroll Co, GEORGIA | |
Pvt | Robert W VAIL | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Wayne Co, MICHIGAN | |
Cpl | Thomas HARRIS | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead | |
Tech 5 | Dale C KNIGHT | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Pleasant View Cem. Burley, IDAHO | |
Pvt | William T JACOBS | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - PENNSYLVANIA | |
Pfc | San Juan CHAVEZ | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Santa Fe Nat Cem. NEW MEXICO | |
Pvt | Sterling D HAMMOND | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - New Albany Nat Cem. Floyd Co, INDIANA | |
S/Sergeant | George F HURT | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - ILLINOIS | |
1Sergeant | Fred MUELLER | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - IOWA | |
Sergeant | Louis WESTCOAT | Paratroopers | 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment | Dead - Redstone Cem. Brownsville, Fayette Co, PENNSYLVANIA | |
Stéle in memory of the men died during the crasch of the C47 in Varenguébec |
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PICTURE |
Aerosteles.net - Francecrashes39-45.net - Westcoast(Findagrave.com) - Nicholson(FindaGrave.com) - Spruell (FindaGrave.com) - Knight (FindaGrave.com) - |
INFORMATION SOURCES | Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov |
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PICTURE SOURCE | Frédéric LAVERNHE |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |