RESTAINO August - 559 BS 387 BGH

 

August RESTAINO

 

 

RESTAINO August

Source : Americanairmuseum.com
 
NUMBER OF SERVICE 13010670 
AGE26  yo
DATE OF BIRTH 30 July 1917 New Eagle, Washington County, PENNSYLVANIA 
ENLISTMENT STATEPENNSYLVANIA  
FAMILY Single
RANKTech Sergeant 
FONCTION  Radio Gunner
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTSkilled occupations in building of aircraft NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 11 September 1940 Pittsburgh PENNSYLVANIA  
 SQUADRON559th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP387th Bomber Group, Medium
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH2 September 1943

RESTAINO August

Source : Frogman

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHBergues
DATA PLAN

B-26 Marauder - type B-15-MA - s/n 41-31629 TQ*V

"Janet's Dream"

B 26 Marauder

Macr : 516
Mission : Lille aerodrome bombardment

Take off: Station 162 Chipping Ongar, Essex

station 162 chipping ongar

Station 162 Chipping Ongar, Essex


Hit by the flak at 12,000 feet around 6:50 p.m., the right engine exploded and, following the explosion, separated the wings

Three bodies in the carcass could not be identified

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  St André N°3572 

St André

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A1530
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 
usaf 8air force 351BG 351BG
STORY
 

RESTAINO August

Source : Americanairmuseum.com

 

Crew of  B-26 Marauder - type B-15-MA - s/n 41-31629 TQ*V

"Janet's Dream"

1Lieutenant William F. VOSBURGH Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-793205 - DFC/PH - Somerset, NEW JERSEY
2Lieutenant Franklin W SOMMERS CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-742377 - DFC/PH - Knox C, ILLINOIS
1Lieutenant Andrew RYAN Navigator/Bomber Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-794055 - PH - Kings C, NEW YORK
T/Sergeant August RESTAINO Radio/Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 13010670 - PH - Westmoreland, PENNSYLVANIA - Ejected without a parachute
S/Sergeant James H HAMILTON Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17b Braunau Gneikendorf  16055745 - Livingston, ILLINOIS
S/Sergeant George Harold HODGSON Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  31134836 - Brunswick, MASSACHUSETTS - Ejected with his parachute - Fractures of the left leg during the evacuation and of the right leg during the landing on the ground

William F Vosburgh

Crew of  B26 Marauder
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAbmc.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com  - Aad.archives.gov - Americanairmuseum.com
PROGRAMMERHenri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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