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Contact Info
Home Town New England, North Dakota; Oskaloosa, Iowa
Last Address Lynn/Essex, Massachusetts
Date of Passing Jul 28, 2010
Location of Interment East Parish Burying Ground - Newton, Massachusetts
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Last Known Activity:
He was Group Navigator for the 100th Bomb Group, "The Bloody Hundredth", of the 8th AF in WWII and flew 32 combat missions over Europe.
He was cremated and buried beside his first wife in the East Parish Burying Ground, the Old Newton Cemetery.
"Masters of the Air", Donald Miller, Simon & Schuster, 2006. "The Alabama Bomber Boys", Donald E. Wilson, Heritage Books, 2008.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.
