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June 5, 1944 Operation Neptune
508th Hq 3rd Roster
Aircraft
43-15345
- Chalk
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 Aircraft
Manifest (page 2) for Aircraft designation 315345.
The fate is not known for all these men but some are listed on the
Roll of Honor while others are documented as having received the Purple
Heart and may have been evacuated but a few are known to have survived
the war.
The entire stick roster appears below: Entries within parentheses
are correct spellings rather than what appeared on the roster. |
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NAME AND RANK |
UNIT |
FATE |
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Sgt
Zelinsky,
Bernard J
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Hq/3 |
KIA 5 Jul
44 |
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Pvt. Lantom
(Leston), Francis J |
Co D |
Died 3
May 1957 |
| Cpl Loder
James A |
Hq/3 |
Died 1 Dec 2005 |
| Pfc
Saver,
Wilbur A (Sauer, Wilbur G.) |
Hq/3 |
Apr 1990 |
| Pvt Perdue,
Clyde E (Jr.) |
Hq/3 |
Died 4 Apr 1990, OH |
| Pvt Tachange
(Tschaepe), Frank R (Jr.) |
Hq/3 |
Died 3 Jul
1988, NY |
| Pvt Morgan,
Thomas W |
Hq/3 |
? |
| Pvt Peters,
Gorrell |
Hq/3 |
Died 1 Oct 2001 |
| Pvt Bromley,
Arthur L |
Hq/3 |
Died
7 Sep 1993 |
| Pfc Thomas,
Dewey E |
? |
Died 11 Jun 2004 |
| Pfc Wolniewicz,
John J |
? |
Died 3 May
2002 |
| Pvt Rzaza
(Rzasa), Steve L |
Hq/3 |
KIA 2 Jul
44 |
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Barnhart,
Ray L |
Hq/3 |
Died
4 Feb 2000 |
| Pvt Bailey,
Edward N |
Hq/3 |
Died 7 Dec 1988 |
| Pvt Knox,
Kenneth C |
Hq/3 |
Jan 2001 |
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Cpl Mills, Okey
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Hq/3 |
Died 5 Jan 2001 |
 There
are conflicting reports regarding the fate of this C-47, serial number
43-15345.
According to the November 1950 USAF Accident Reports the
aircraft was in service with the 2230th AF Reserve Training Center and
destroyed while parked at
Naval
Air Station Floyd Bennett, (Brooklyn), NY.
This C-47A was apparently struck by a C47A #42-101000
piloted by
Russell A.
Ver Nooy, (rank not stated).
However, a report filed by the Aviation Safety Center states
that the aircraft was still in service with the U.S. Air Force when
it crashed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska on 09 Sep 1958 following engine
problems that developed during take-off. Thirteen of its 20 occupants
were killed and the aircraft was written off as damaged beyond repair.
Finding two such disparate reports on the aircraft is highly
unusual. It is possible that the year of manufacture was misstated
in one case or the other. |
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