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2Lt Roy J Shilling

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2Lt Roy J Shilling

Birth
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Jan 1945 (aged 22)
Le Plessis-Gassot, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
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Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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Plot A Row 18 Grave 33
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Second Lieutenant Shilling was the pilot on a C-47B #43-48611 Army Transport plane and was killed in a plane crash at Le Plessis-Gassot in France. The plane took off from A-54C (Le Bourget-Paris) at 0935 for AAF-343 (Biggin Hill) with a load of passengers and crashed approximately seven minutes later. The crash was fatal to eighteen of the twenty two occupants of the plane and the other four persons were all seriously injured. the cause of the crash were unable to be determine.
Second Lieutenant Shilling was the pilot on a C-47B #43-48611 Army Transport plane and was killed in a plane crash at Le Plessis-Gassot in France. The plane took off from A-54C (Le Bourget-Paris) at 0935 for AAF-343 (Biggin Hill) with a load of passengers and crashed approximately seven minutes later. The crash was fatal to eighteen of the twenty two occupants of the plane and the other four persons were all seriously injured. the cause of the crash were unable to be determine.

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Entered the Service from Pennsylvania.

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  • Maintained by: A.R.H.M.
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56375479/roy_j-shilling: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Roy J Shilling (28 Jan 1922–18 Jan 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56375479, citing Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France; Maintained by A.R.H.M. (contributor 49463062).