1921
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Ernest MARTEL
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 31150127 | ||||||
| AGE | 25 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 | ||||||
| ETAT | MAINE | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parent : Henry & Imelda MARTEL Brother : Arthur R MARTEL | ||||||
| RANK | Tech Sergeant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Radio / Gunner | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 22 July 1942 | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 575th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 391st Bomber Group, Medium | ||||||
| ARMY | 9th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 5 July 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Forest - North of DREUX | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-26 Marauder - type C-45-MO - s/n 42-107811 O8*V "Lady Godiva"
Macr: 6360 Mission: 108 - Senonches (28) Takeoff Station 166 Matching Green, Essex UK Crash observed by T / Sgt William Matis Shot by the flak around 10:30 Plane broken in half, partially evacuated at 8500 feet, the others did not have time to find their parachute | ||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Crew of B-26 Marauder - type C-45-MO - s/n 42-107811 O8*V"Lady Godiva"
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| 1st Lieutenant | Michael Robert | PETRICH | Pilot | Prisoner One of the 168 Allied airmen deported to Buchenwald on 15/08/1944 and sent to Stalag Luft III of Sagan | O-684039 - Son of Anne Petrich, Long Beach, CALIFORNIA - Initially escaped and arrested in Paris victim of Jacques Desoubrie - Interned in Fresnes (94) - | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Robert R | SULLIVAN | CoPilot | Dead | O-669809 - Son of Leon B. Sullivan, Industry, ILLINOIS Evacuated but seriously injured while descending | |
| T/Sergeant | Edwin G INSLEY | Bomber | Dead | MIA - Tablets Cim Brit Am St-James | 33064534 - AM+6/PH - 25 ans - Son of Nina W Insley, Baltimore, MARYLAND | |
| S/Sergeant | Bryan B | AMBROSE | Mechanic | Dead | 34240010 - Son of Mrs Edward C. Ambrose Sr, Miami, FLORIDA | |
| T/Sergeant | Ernest MARTEL | Radio/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | 31150127 - AM+7/PH - Son of Ralph Martel, Saco, MAINE | |
| S/Sergeant | Robert Reginald | READ | Gunner | Prisoner Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | 32058677 -Husband of Marjorie V Read, Roselle, NJ | |
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Brother's Ernest | Arthur R MARTEL
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 31152648 |  |
| AGE | 45 yo | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1921 | |
| STATE | MAINE | |
| FAMILY |
Parents : Henry & Imelda MARTEL Frère : Ernest | |
| RANK | Corporal | |
| UNIT | 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion | |
| DATE of DEATH | 23 May 1945 | |
| CEMETERY | Plot B Row 48 Grave 16 Epinal American Cemetery | |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Abmc.gov - Findagrave.com (Russel PICKETT) - Cyrille MARIE - Aad.archives.gov - Association Forced Landing (PIERRE Jean et Jean-Luc GRUSON) - Monty McDANIEL |
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| PROGRAMMER | Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |