U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
When Francis Evinger Sallee was born on May 7, 1920, in Carlinville, Illinois, his father, Vivian, was 22 and his mother, Agnes, was 24. He had one daughter (Nancy Sue Sallee) with wife Ruth M. Gutherie Sallee in 1942. He died as a young father on January 1, 1945, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, at the age of 24, and was buried in Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
When Francis Evinger Sallee was born on May 7, 1920, in Carlinville, Illinois, his father, Vivian, was 22 and his mother, Agnes, was 24. He had one daughter (Nancy Sue Sallee) with wife Ruth M. Gutherie Sallee in 1942. He died as a young father on January 1, 1945, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, at the age of 24, and was buried in Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
When Francis Evinger Sallee was born on May 7, 1920, in Carlinville, Illinois, his father, Vivian, was 22 and his mother, Agnes, was 24. He had one daughter (Nancy Sue Sallee) with wife Ruth M. Gutherie Sallee in 1942. He died as a young father on January 1, 1945, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, at the age of 24, and was buried in Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
~
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
When Francis Evinger Sallee was born on May 7, 1920, in Carlinville, Illinois, his father, Vivian, was 22 and his mother, Agnes, was 24. He had one daughter (Nancy Sue Sallee) with wife Ruth M. Gutherie Sallee in 1942. He died as a young father on January 1, 1945, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, at the age of 24, and was buried in Coton, Cambridgeshire, England.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
~
One of ten airmen killed when B-24J Liberator
#42-51865 crashed on takeoff at RAF Old Buckenham
Station 144, Attleborough, England, on target mission
to Remagen, Germany.
Crew members killed were:
1st Lt. Alan C Judd, pilot
1st Lt. Bill B Basick, navigator
1st Lt. Frank E Sallee, bombadier
2nd Lt. Joelbert W Ellingson, co-pilot
2nd Lt. John E Gilligan, asst. navigator
T/Sgt. Stephen J Bolger, Jr, flt. engineer.
T/Sgt. Olaf A Coburn, Jr, rt. waist gunner
S/Sgt. Robert T Mercurio, top turret gunner
Sgt. Clarence L Hendrix, Jr, left waist gunner
Sgt. Edmund P. Bull, tail gunner
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