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Chalk 17
June 5, 1944
2nd
Battalion 508th Pathfinders
Serial 5, Plane 17, C-47 Tail # 42-93096
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Kneeling
[L-R] |
Fate |
Unit |
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Standing
[L-R] |
Fate |
Unit |
1 |
Sgt. Katsanis |
? |
504 |
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1 |
Pvt. Stanton H. Mesenbrink |
Died Jan 1957 |
E/508 |
2 |
Pvt. Howard
Jessup |
? |
Hq 2/508 |
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2 |
Pvt. Robert Andreas
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(Died 1985?)
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E/508
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3 |
Pfc. Robert L. Seale |
Died-Sep 1981 |
F/508 |
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3 |
Pvt. John Gerard, Fridley, MN |
Died 24 Aug 2001 |
F/508 |
4 |
Cpl. Ernest J King |
KIA 9 Jun 1944 |
F/508 |
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4 |
Pfc. Beverly J. Moss |
?
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D/508
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5 |
Pvt. Frederick J. Infanger |
Died 17 Jul 2002 |
E/508 |
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5 |
Pvt. Norman C. Willis, Niles, MI |
Died 1993 |
E/508 |
6 |
Pfc. Murray E. Daly |
KIA 4 July 1944 |
D/508 |
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6 |
Pvt. Nick Forkapa [seriously WIA, POW) |
Died Jan 1965 |
Hq 2/508 |
7 |
Pvt. John P. Perdue |
KIA 29 sep 1944 |
D/508 |
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7 |
Eddie Livingston (POW) |
Died 22 Mar 2002 |
504 |
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Pfc. Carl W Jones |
KIA 4 Jul 1944 |
E/508 |
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8
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John Sternesky |
Died 10 May 1995 |
I/508 |
Seated
[L-R] |
Fate |
Unit |
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In Aircraft Door |
Fate |
Unit |
1 |
2/Lt. R. Perez |
? |
USAAF |
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1 |
2/Lt. T. Murphy |
POW |
504 |
2 |
2/Lt. L. Vohs |
? |
USAAF |
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3 |
2/Lt. Elbert Hamilton |
KIA 4 Jul 1944 |
Hq 2 508 |
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4 |
1/Lt. C. Gaudio |
Pilot |
USAAF |
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5 |
2/Lt. Lloyd L. Polette |
KIA 22 Jan 1945 |
F/508 |
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6 |
Unknown |
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? |
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7 |
Unknown |
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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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