Francis Cahill, and his friend and Radio man William RYAN flew scouting missions for the US Navy for the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Then they did the same thing for the D-Day landings in Southern France. Unfortunately, Francis and William were killed whilst trying to land on their ship – their plane exploded.
Francis Cahill, and his friend and Radio man William RYAN flew scouting missions for the US Navy for the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Then they did the same thing for the D-Day landings in Southern France. Unfortunately, Francis and William were killed whilst trying to land on their ship – their plane exploded.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Massachusetts.
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Records on Ancestry
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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1940 United States Federal Census
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1920 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900
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