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Adolph L. PAVINSKI
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 6995380 | ||||||||
| AGE | 28 yo | ||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH |
10 november 1916 Jersey City, Comté d'Hudson , NEW JERSEY | ||||||||
| ETAT | PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||||
| FAMILY | Son of Minnie Kaminski, Duryes | ||||||||
| RANK | S/Sergeant | ||||||||
| FONCTION | Mechanic | ||||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | - |  | |||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | - | ||||||||
| SQUADRON | 573rd Bomb Squadron | ||||||||
| GROUP | 391st Bomb Group Medium | ||||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 5 july 1944 |  | |||||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH |
Near Vert-en-Drouais - Dreux Parachute unopened (the pilot reportedly hit the stabilizer when exiting the aircraft) | ||||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-26 Marauder - type C-45-MO - s/n 42-107834 "Pink's Lady II"
Macr: 6359 Mission: Bombing - Senonches (28) -Ammunition depot Takeoff: Station 166 Matching Green, Essex UK - Engines R-2800-43 No. FP06151 and FP06188 Shot by flak - Airplane partially evacuated by parachute around 10000 feet - 10:44
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||||
| GRAVE |
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| DECORATION |
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| STORY | |||||||||
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B-26 Marauder - type C-45-MO - s/n 42-107834"Pink's Lady II" | ||||||
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Lieutenant |
Louis E |
HARTMAN |
Pilot |
Dead |
Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer A.14.14 |
O-684328 - AM + 8 / PH - Son of Louis C Hartman, Andalusia, Pennsylvania USA - Unopened Parachute (pilot allegedly struck stabilizer when exiting aircraft) |
2nd Lieutenant |
Kenneth L |
ARNESON |
CoPilot |
Escaped |
O-690884 - Born 13/02/1918 - Son of Martin Arneson, Fairdale, North Dakota USA - Burned hands, face and legs - Captured and hospitalized in Chartres, then Paris - Released by the Resistance and the Allied advance - Return UK around 04/09/1944 |
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1st Lieutenant |
Donald Edward |
COLLINS |
Navigator |
Prisoner |
O-669007 - Né le 24/04/1916 - Fils de Addie M Collins, Biloxi, Mississippi USA - Stalag 7A Moosburg |
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S/Sergeant |
Adolph L |
PAVINSKI |
Mechanic |
Dead |
J.17.28 |
6995380 - AM+8/PH - Fils de Minnie Kaminski, Duryes, Pennsylvania USA |
T/Sergeant |
Donald Ray |
SHEARER |
Radio |
Prisoner |
15118030 - Born 21/03/1922 - Son of Ray Shearer, Charleston, West Virginia USA - Initially escaped then arrested in Paris victim of Jacques Desoubrie-Interné in Fresnes (94) - One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 then sent to Stalag Luft III of Sagan - during the evacuation of Sagan from January 45, is folded on the Stalag VIIA of Moosburg where it is released by the American troops the 29/04/1945 |
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Pvt |
Edward N |
GROVE |
Gunner |
Dead |
A.11.22 |
13200930 - AM+2/PH - Fils de Clara J Grove, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Forcedlanding.pagesperso-orange.fr - Facebook - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Francecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - Force Landing |
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |