O'BRIEN Paul L - 323 BS 91 BG

 

Paul L O'BRIEN

 

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Source : Arnaud Gaté (Ellen Marchese)

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER11017850
AGE27 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1916
STATEHampden County MASSACHUSETTS
FAMILYSingle
RANKT/Sergeant
FONCTIONRadio / Gunner
JOB before ENLISTEMENTPrinting and publishing clerksMA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT26 december 1941 Springfield MASSACHUSETTS
SQUADRON323rdBomb Squadron
GROUP91st Bomber Group
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATH13 may 1943

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Source : F Lavernhe

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHFlesselles (80)
DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-50-BO - s/n 42-5406
Lift-off 10h30 station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire UK.
Mission: Ramrod 71 - Meaulte (80): workshops aircraft Potez.


Damaged by flak in Flesselles (80), and then shot by Major Josef "Pips" Priller of the Stab JG26 based in Lille / Vendeville
4 men were able to assess parachute before the explosion and scattering debris between Amplier and the bank of the Authie - Around 16:30


The tail fell on the football field with his machine
The wings and the engine fell on the banks of the Authie.

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572

3572 St André

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B1040
DECORATION
Purple HeartPhoto FDLM
  
Air MedalPhoto FDLM
8AIRFORCE  91bg 323bs
 
 

B-17 Fortress - type F-50-BO - s/n 42-5406
1st Lieutenant Homer C Jr BIGGS Pilot Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer - O-728815 - AM+1/PH - Colorado USA
2nd Lieutenant Theodore O HAYES CoPilot Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer  - O-729852 - AM/PH - California USA
1st Lieutenant William H BLAKENEY Navigator Prisoner - Stalag Luft III Sagan Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria
2nd Lieutenant Douglas Charles HOEHN Bomber Escape - Passage of the Pyrenees 05/06/43 - Back UK 06/21/1943 -
Sergeant Anthony J DENEFRIO Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B
T/Sergeant Paul L O'BRIEN Rad/Gunner Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) - AM+1 - Massachusetts USA
Sergeant James B RODEN Gunner G Dead - 19 yo - Texas USA
S/Sergeant Enio Jule VALERIO Gunner A Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer (14) - 32337033 - PH - New York USA
T/Sergeant John J WILLIAMS Mec/Gunner Dead  - 23 yo - Iowa USA
S/Sergeant James J CRONK Gunner D Prisoner - 37162720 - North Dakota USA - Stalag Luft III Sagan
 b17 b 17

 

8th AIR FORCE

8AIRFORCE

D-Day - Order of battle

U.S. Strategic Air Force: Lieutenant General  Carl SPAATZ

8th Air Force: Lieutenant General James H. DOOLITTLE

1st Bombardment Division: Major General R. B. Williams
1st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General William M. Gross
91st Bombardment Group (Bassingbourn airfield): Colonel Henry W. Terry
381st Bombardment Group (Ridgewell airfield): Colonel Harry P. Leber, Jr
398th Bombardment Group (Nuthampstead airfield): Colonel Frank P. Hunter, Jr
40th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Howard M. Turner
92nd Bombardment Group (Podington airfield): Colonel William M. Reid
305th Bombardment Group (Chelveston airfield): Colonel Ernest H. Lawson
306th Bombardment Group (Thurleigh airfield): Colonel George L. Robinson
41st Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Robert F. Travis
303rd Bombardment Group (Molesworth airfield): Colonel Kermit D. Stevens
379th Bombardment Group (Kimbolton airfield): Colonel Maurice A. Preston
384th Bombardment Group (Grafton Underwood airfield): Colonel Dale O. Smith
94th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Julius K. Lacey
351st Bombardment Group (Polebrook airfield): Colonel Eugene A. Romig
401st Bombardment Group (Deenethorpe airfield): Colonel Harold W. Bowman
457th Bombardment Group (Glatton airfield): Colonel James R. Luper

 

2nd Bombardment Division: Major General J. P. Hodges
2nd Bombardment Wing (Hethel airfield): Brigadier General Edward J. Timberlake
389th Bombardment Group (Hethel airfield): Colonel Robert B. Miller
445th Bombardment Group (Tibenham airfield): Colonel Robert H. Terrill
453rd Bombardment Group (Old Buckenham airfield): Colonel Ramsay D. Potts, Jr
14th Bombardment Wing (Shipdham airfield): Brigadier General Leon W. Johnson
44th Bombardment Group (Shipdham airfield): Colonel John H. Gibson
392nd Bombardment Group (Wendling airfield): Colonel Irvine A. Rendle
492nd Bombardment Group (North Pickenham airfield): Colonel Eugene H. Snavely
20th Bombardment Wing (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Jack W. Wook
93rd Bombardment Group (Hardwick airfield): Colonel Leland G. Fiegel
446th Bombardment Group (Bungay airfield): Colonel Jacob J. Brogger
448th Bombardment Group (Seething airfield): Colonel Gerry L. Mason
95th Bombardment Wing (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Frederick R. Dent, Jr
489th Bombardment Group (Halesworth airfield): Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier
491st Bombardment Group (Metfield airfield): Lt. Colonel Carl T. Goldenburg
96th Bombardment Wing (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Brigadier General Walter R. Peck
458th Bombardment Group (Horsham St. Faith airfield): Colonel James H. Isbell
466th Bombardment Group (Attlebridge airfield): Colonel Arthur Pierce
467th Bombardment Group (Rackhealth airfield): Lt. Colonel Albert H. Shower

 

3rd Bombardment Division: Major General C. E. Le-May
4th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle
94th Bombardment Group (Bury St. Edmunds airfield): Colonel Charles B. Dougher
385th Bombardment Group (Great Ashfield airfield): Colonel Elliot Vandevanter
447th Bombardment Group (Rattlesden airfield): Colonel Hunter Harris, Jr
13th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Colonel Edgar M. Wittan
95th Bombardment Group (Horham airfield): Colonel Karl Truesdell
100th Bombardment Group (Thorpe Abbotts airfield): Colonel thomas S. Jeffrey
390th Bombardment Group (Framlingham airfield): Colonel Frederick W. Ott
45th Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General Archie J. Old Jr
96th Bombardment Group (Snetterton Heath airfield): Colonel James L. Travis
388th Bombardment Group (Knettishall airfield): Colonel William B. David
452nd Bombardment Group (Deopham Green airfield): Colonel Thetus C. Odom
92nd Bombardment Wing: Colonel Harold Q. Huglin
486th Bombardment Group (Sudbury airfield): Colonel Glendon P. Overing
487th Bombardment Group (Lavenham airfield): Colonel Robert Taylor III
93rd Bombardment Wing: Brigadier General John K. Gerhart
34th Bombardment Group (Mendlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Ernest F. Wackwitz, Jr
490th Bombardment Group (Eye airfield): Colonel Lloyd H. Watnee
493rd Bombardment Group (Debach airfield): Colonel Elbert Helton

 

VIII Fighter Command: Major General W. E. Kepner
65th Fighter Wing (Saffron Walden airfield): Brigadier General Jesse Auton
4th Fighter Group (Debden airfield): Colonel Donald M. Blakeslee
56th Fighter Group (Boxted airfield): Colonel Hubert A. Zemke
355th Fighter Group (Steeple Morden airfield): Colonel William J. Cummings, Jr
356th Fighter Group (Martlesham airfield): Lt. Colonel Philip E. Tukey, Jr
479th Fighter Group (Wattisham airfield): Lt. Colonel Kyle L. Riddle
66th Fighter Wing (Sawston airfield): Brigadier General Murray C. Woodbury
55th Fighter Group (Wormingford airfield): Colonel George T. Crowell
78th Fighter Group (Duxford airfield): Colonel Frederick C. Gray, Jr
339th Fighter Group (Fowlmere airfield): Colonel Hohn B. Henry Jr
353rd Fighter Group (Raydon airfield): Colonel Glenn E. Duncan
357th Fighter Group (Leiston airfield): Colonel Donald W. Graham
67th Fighter Wing (Walcot Hall): Brigadier General Edward W. Anderson
20th Fighter Group (Kings Cliffe airfield): Lt. Colonel Harold Rau
352nd Fighter Group (Bodney airfield): Colonel Joe L. Mason
359th Fighter Group (East Wretham airfield): Colonel Avelin P. Tacon, Jr
361st Fighter Group (Bottisham airfield): Colonel Thomas J. J. Christian, Jr
364th Fighter Group (Honington airfield): Colonel Roy W. Osborn

 

Source Information Americandday.org

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PICTURE SOURCEFrédéric LAVERNHE - Arnaud Gaté
PROGRAMMERFrédéric & Renaud
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