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Chalk 17

June 5, 1944

 2nd Battalion 508th Pathfinders

 Serial 5, Plane 17, C-47 Tail # 42-93096

 

Kneeling [L-R] Fate Unit   Standing [L-R] Fate Unit
1 Sgt. Katsanis ? 504   1 Pvt. Stanton H. Mesenbrink Died Jan 1957 E/508
2 Pvt. Howard Jessup ? Hq 2/508   2

Pvt. Robert Andreas

(Died 1985?)

E/508

3 Pfc. Robert L. Seale Died-Sep 1981 F/508   3 Pvt. John Gerard, Fridley, MN Died 24 Aug 2001 F/508
4 Cpl. Ernest J King KIA 9 Jun 1944 F/508   4

Pfc. Beverly J. Moss

?

D/508

5 Pvt. Frederick J. Infanger Died 17 Jul 2002 E/508   5 Pvt. Norman C. Willis, Niles, MI Died 1993 E/508
6 Pfc. Murray E. Daly KIA 4 July 1944 D/508   6 Pvt. Nick Forkapa [seriously WIA, POW) Died Jan 1965 Hq 2/508
7 Pvt. John P. Perdue KIA 29 sep 1944 D/508   7  Eddie Livingston (POW) Died 22 Mar 2002 504

8

Pfc. Carl W Jones

KIA 4 Jul 1944

E/508

 

8

John Sternesky

Died 10 May 1995

I/508

Seated [L-R]

Fate Unit   In Aircraft Door Fate Unit
1 2/Lt. R. Perez ?

USAAF

  1 2/Lt. T. Murphy POW 504
2 2/Lt. L. Vohs ? USAAF          
3 2/Lt. Elbert Hamilton KIA 4 Jul 1944 Hq 2 508          
4 1/Lt. C. Gaudio Pilot USAAF          
5 2/Lt. Lloyd L. Polette KIA 22 Jan 1945 F/508          
6 Unknown ? ?          
7 Unknown ? ?          
This C-47 was recently restored and purchased by the D-Day Museum, New Orleans, LA where it will go on display
 

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