4th July 1943
Boeing B-17F-40-DL " Lakanuki " (s/n 42-3235 code JD-T)
" La Selle ", Poillé-sur-Vègre (Sarthe, France)
(contributor : Jacky Emery)
artwork © Jean-Marie Guillou
Crew (384th BG, 545th BS) :
- (pilot) 2nd Lt Lawrence Wayne MYER (service number O-733702), 22 years old, KIA.
Born in Glenvil, Nebraska (USA), on January 9, 1921, son of Clarence and Margaret Myer.
Plot A, row 9, grave 13 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Co-Pilot) 2nd Lt Norman Alton GAUNTT (service number O-672793), 26 ans, KIA.
Born in Granbury, Texas (USA), on October 28, 1916, son of Charles Virgil and Jewel Adeline Gauntt.
Plot I, row 27, grave 10 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Navigator) 2nd Lt James Claybourne CROUCH (service number O-797275), 22 years old, KIA.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA), on June 21, 1921, son of Charles and Beatrice Crouch.
Plot I, row 27, grave 16 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Bombardier) 2nd Lt Thomas Henry BRZOZNOWSKI (service number O-735948), 26 years old, KIA.
Born in Iron River, Michigan (USA), on December 10, 1917, son of Thomas and Amelia Brzoznowski.
Plot J, row 18, grave 28 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Radio operator) T/Sgt Jack DAVIDSON (service number 35327696), 23 years old, KIA.
Born in the county of Saint-Joseph, Indiana (USA), on April 24, 1920.
Plot I, row 25, grave 32 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France
- (Engineer) T/Sgt James Lynn LARUE (service number 39182309), 28 years old, KIA.
Born in Colfax, Whitman county, Washington (USA), on May 6, 1915, son of Charles and Severine LaRue.
Blk 2, 1st, Lot 128, Gr 1, Colfax cemetery, Whitman county, Washington.
- (Right waist gunner) Sgt Kenneth Eldon CHRISTENSEN (service number 38130722), 26 years old, KIA.
Born in Sterling, Colorado (USA), on September 16, 1916, son of Louis and Esmeralda Christensen.
Plot I, row 27, grave 14 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Left waist gunner) S/Sgt Floyd C. HUBBLE Jr (service number 36519535), 29 years old, KIA.
Born in Clarkston, Michigan (USA), on July 29, 1914, son of Andrew Floyd and Gertrude Hubble.
Plot I, row 27, grave 28 - Colleville-sur-Mer american cemetery, Normandie, France.
- (Tail gunner) S/Sgt David L. BUTCHER (service number 16011010), escaped.
Born in Oak Park, Illinois (USA), on March 11, 1918, son Edward William Butcher and Ann (or Anna) Butcher (nee Jones) .
Escaped through the Pyrénées, Spain and Gibraltar.
Passed away in 2004, ashes scattered around the Poillé-sur-Vègre memorial.
- (Bowl turret gunner) Sgt James Thomas CARTER (matricule 6950609), 23 years old, KIA.
Born in Caddo Mills, Texas (USA), on April 5, 1920, son of Hiram and Ruby Carter.
Fort Sam Houston Nat Cim U.O.73 - San Antonio, Texas (USA).
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