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Eugene Leon ROSNER
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Source : Arnaud Gaté
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-885994 (13021385) | ||||||
| AGE | 23 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17 April 1920 Bronx, Bronx County, NEW YORK | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Parents : Isadore Harry & Esther Marcovici ROSNER Brother : Ralph Paul | ||||||
| RANK | First Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Pilot | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Skilled occupations in production of bakery products |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 23 November 1940 Harrisburg PENNSYLVANIA | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 106th Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 5th Group RAF | ||||||
| ARMY | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 8 July 1943 |
Source : audieannie | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Quievy, Departement du Nord | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
Avro Lancaster - Mk.III - s/n ED720 ZN°R
Mission : Köln (All) Le Forum de wehrmacht-awa rds.com indicates that the Bf110 collided with the Lancaster. Pilot Oblt Friedrich Graeff of Stab I/NJG 4, injured, was able to leave the aircraft but the 2 other crew members (Uffz Heinrich Köhler and Ofw Paul Scheuermann) were killed - The Bf110 crashed south of Avesnes-sur-Helpe at Wigneghies. explodes in flight – the crew is buried on July 11 | ||||||
| Killed flying 106 Squadron Lancaster III ED720 ZN-R on operation to Köln with RAF but serving with USAAF. | |||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Source : Fold 3 | |||||||
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Crew of Avro Lancaster - Mk.III - s/n ED720 ZN°R
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| 1Lt | Eugene Leon ROSNER | Pilot | USAAF | Dead | Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | O-885994 - PH - 23 yo - Pennsylvania - Son of Isidor H et Esther (née Markowitz) | |
| P/O | Geoffrey Francis | DISBURY | CoPilot | RAF VR | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes |
149510 – 21 yo - Son of Robert et Frances Gertrude Disbury, de Whitby, Cheshire (UK) |
| Sgt | Edward William John 'Eddy' | AMOR | Mechanic | RAF VR | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes | 752196 – 28 yo - Son of William et Frances Julia Amor, de Palmers Green, Middlesex (UK) |
| Sgt | Wilfred | BAILEY | Navigator | RAF VR | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes | 1440585 – 21 yo - Son of Thomas William et Ada Clarrie Bailey, de Donisthorpe, Leicestershire (UK) |
| Sgt | Jack | HOUGHAM | Radio/Gunner | RAF VR | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes | 1271588 – 23 yo - Son of Mr. et Mrs. J. E. Hougham, de Guilton, Kent (UK) |
| F/Sgt | James Reginald | CALDER | Gunner | RCAF | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes | R/99456 – 21 yo - Son of George N. Calder et Nellie O. Calder, de Springhill, Nova Scotia, CANADA |
| F/Sgt | Dalton Arnold "Arnie" | TURNER | Gunner | RCAF | Dead | Cim Com Cambrai Solesmes | R/111837 |
| Sgt | Frederick Henry | SMOOKER | Bomber | RAF | Prisoner | 1048639 - Initially on the run - Hosted by a resident of Béthencourt, Mr Beaudoin - Captured on 09/12/1943 and interned in Fresnes (Paris) for 56 days – Pow 263424 – Stalag Luft III |
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Source : Aircrewremembered.com |
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Communal Cemetery of Cambrai Solesmes Source : Aircrewremembered.com |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Aad.archives.gov - Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Fold 3 - Francecrashes39-45.net - Aircrewremembered.com |
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| PROGRAMMEURS | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |