He was flying a P-47D when he took off from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew south and encountered intense and heavy flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles east of Fontainebleau, France. He was taken to Hospital Paris-Clichy and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
He took off on 12 June from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew north and encountered intense flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles north-east of Fontainebleau, France. He was transferred to Hospital Paris-Clichy with severe burns and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
He took off on 12 June from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew north and encountered intense flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles north-east of Fontainebleau, France. He was transferred to Hospital Paris-Clichy with severe burns and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
He was flying a P-47D when he took off from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew south and encountered intense and heavy flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles east of Fontainebleau, France. He was taken to Hospital Paris-Clichy and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
He took off on 12 June from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew north and encountered intense flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles north-east of Fontainebleau, France. He was transferred to Hospital Paris-Clichy with severe burns and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
He took off on 12 June from Duxford on a dive bombing operation to the marshaling yards at Melun, France. The flight bombed the target and then flew north and encountered intense flak from the airfield at Villa Roche. His P-47 was hit just when the flight pulled up, burst into flames and dived straight into the ground and burned at Le Bois de la Renaudiere at Fontaine-le-Port, six miles north-east of Fontainebleau, France. He was transferred to Hospital Paris-Clichy with severe burns and died of his wounds on 16 June 1944.
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Entered the Service from Illinois.
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