James O. Snyder Updated: 08 JUN 2015
Airman: e777079.htm Surname: Snyder Init: J O Rank: Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 700
P_link: p330.htm Plane: B24 4250329 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt
Crash_d: d210644 Buried_d: e777c C_link: e777c.htm At_Next: NO - CAM
Under
et bombetogt til Berlin styrtede B24 42-50329 i havet ved
Årø i Lillebælt (omkring
her - Kilde: AOD) efter at de 10 flyvere var sprunget ud med faldskærm.
Se mere om en
B-24 Liberator,
som er større end en
B-17 Flyvende
Fæstning.
Sergeant (Nose Turret Gunner) James O. Snyder
har ingen kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing,
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Indiana. Hæderstegn:
Air Medal with Oak
Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.
(Kilde: ABMC)
På Årø er dette
monument for de omkomne. (Kilde: FAF)
10 flyvere.
During a bombing raid to Berlin
B24 42-50329 crashed in the sea at Årø in Lillebælt (about
here - Source: AOD) after the 10 airmen had bailed out.
See
more about a B-24
Liberator, bigger than a
B-17 Flying Fortress.
Sergeant (Nose Turret Gunner) James O. Snyder
has no known grave.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing
at
Cambridge American
Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Indiana.
Awards:
Air Medal with Oak
Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart.
(Source: ABMC)
This monument to the perished airmen is erected on Årø. (Source: FAF) See also memorial stone to William J. Mulligan in Sandager Churchyard.
This B-24 belonged to 700 BS, 445 BG, 2 CBW, 2 BD, 8 AF. See 445th Bomb Group (Heavy). It took off from RAF Tibenham - USAAF Station 124. 10 airmen.