Dean Gray AITKEN
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Source : Nancy~ | |||||||
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 36480191 | ||||||
AGE | 19 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 24 october 1924 | ||||||
STATE | Sparts, ILLINOIS | ||||||
FAMILY | Parent: Hughes Emerson & Grace Geraldine (GRAY) AITKEN | ||||||
RANK | Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Gunner | ||||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | |||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 6 April 1943 Peoria ILLINOIS | ||||||
SQUADRON | 705th Bomb Squadron | ||||||
GROUP | 446th Bomb Group | ||||||
ARMY | 8th Air Force | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 12 june 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Between Langan and Romillé | ||||||
DATA PLAN |
B-24 Liberator - type H-20-FO - s/n 42-94859 HN*F "Do Jim Don" Macr: 5802Mission: Sector Rennes (35) Takeoff: station 125 Bungay, Suffolk Persons who helped escapes: Leon Bushnell/Leon Brassier (La Mézière) Maire de l'Huede, Mme Saison René Pinaut, Mme Petit Louis Ravalet (Rennes) Shot by 3 hunters Messerschmitt Me109 At 19,000 feet around 10:20 Flying plane evacuated in flight. | ||||||
CEMTERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Saint-James N°3578 | ||||||
CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James | ||||||
GRAVE |
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DECORATION |
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Source : Nancy~ |
Crew of B-24 Liberator - type H-20-FO - s/n 42-94859 HN*F"Do Jim Don" |
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1st Lieutenant | Wilbur H | TURNER | Pilot | Escaped |
O-792356 - AM - 15 missions - Born 27/03/1917 - Columbus, OHIO Come back UK 04/08/1944 |
2nd Lieutenant | Willard A Jr | HILL | CoPilot | Décédé - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) | O-808995 - AM+2 - Toledo, OHIO |
Flight/Officer | Hyman | NUTKIS | Navigator | Prisonnier - Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang | T-123619 - Jersey City, NEW JERSEY |
2nd Lieutenant | Blaine H | BARRITT | Bomber | Escaped | O-703422 - Born 23/07/1916 - Hutchinson, KANSAS - Come back UK 09/08/1944 |
S/Sergeant | Joseph J | SABARICH |
Mechanic Gunner |
Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) | 13022777 - DFC/AM+1/PH - Né en 1922 - Sykesville, PENNSYLVANIA |
S/Sergeant | Waldo W | GLASS | Radio | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) | 12098859 - AM+1 - Bradford, PENNSYLVANIA |
Sergeant | Harry Fulton | MEEKER | Gunner | Escaped |
39411433 - Born 03/12/1923 - Oroville, CALIFORNIA Come back UK 05/08/1944 |
Sergeant | A C | BROSSETT | Gunner | Dead - Mulhearn Mem Park Cem., LOUISIANA | 38519103 - 21 yo - Born 14/06/1923 - Chickasaw, ALABAMA |
Sergeant | Dean G | AITKEN | Gunner | Dead - Cim Brit Am St-James (50) | 36480191 - AM+1/PH - 19 yo - Born 24/09/1924 - Sparts, ILLINOIS |
Sergeant | John L | BOROWSKI | Gunner | Escaped | 36346674 - Born 12/09/1906 - Cicero, ILLINOIS |
Source : Nancy~ |
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INFORMATION SOURCES | France craches 39-45 |
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PICTURE SOURCE | Findagrave.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |