DAVID, Aaron A

Matricule : 18019560

Age : 

Né le : 1917, Oklahoma

Ville d'origine : Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Famille : 

Albert A. David (father)

Katie M. David (mother)
Virgie V. David (brother)
Nancy Stidman (grandmother)

Grade : Staff Sergeant

Fonction : Waist Gunner

Company – Squadron: 351st Bomber Squadron

Unit – Group: 100th Bomber Group

Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.)
Serialnumber: 42-5864
Nickname: Piccadilly Lily
Type: B-17F
Mission: Bremen, Germany
MACR: 948

Date de la mort : 8 October 1943

Lieu du décès : Bremen, Germany

Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart

Gravenumber: Plot C, Row 10, Grave 32

Cemetery: American War Cemetery Ardennes

Other information: 

Soon after bomb release the Piccadilly Lily was hit by flak near the navigators station causing extensive damage to the flight deck area as well. Witnesses indicate the Lily entered a near vertical nose down attitude and exploded with only four chutes observed. There was confusion as to whether David was blown out of the aircraft without a chute or his chute failed to open.

Matricule : O-717183

Age : 19

Né le : 30 October 1924, Nebraska

Ville d'origine : Cozad, Dawson County, Nebraska

Famille : 

John H. Chorpenning (father)
Helena C. Chorpenning (mother)
Eva M. Chorpenning (sister)
June F. Chorpenning (sister)

Grade : Second Lieutenant

Fonction : Navigator

Company – Squadron: 349th Bomber Squadron

Unit – Group: 100th Bomber Group, Heavy

Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) : 

Serialnumber: 43-37601
Type: B-17G
Destination: Rosières-en-Santerre, France
Mission: Operational
MACR: 5625

Date of death: 12 June 1944

Place of death: North Sea

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

Other information: 

Crew was on it's first mission. Aircraft was hit by flak over Dunkerque at 0853 hours at 24,000 feet. The #4 engine caught fire and the right wing broke off near the the #4 engine inducing a spin - five or six chutes may have come from this aircraft. Sherback had no recollection of leaving the plane and believed he must have been blown clear. A German officer told him the plane exploded and all remains went into the sea.