Francis De Paul                                                                                       Updated:  04 JAN 2012

Airman: o888135.htm Surname: De Paul Init: F Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 700

P_link: p330.htm Plane: B24 42-50329 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt

Crash_d: d210644 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

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.

Staff Sergeant (Tail Turret Gunner) Francis De Paul blev samlet op fra Lillebælt af et tysk skib. Han blev sendt til forhør i Dulag Luft Oberursel.
Senere blev han sendt til Stalag Luft IV Groos-Tychow. (Kilde: AOD)

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.

Staff Sergeant (Tail Turret Gunner) Francis De Paul was picked up at sea by a German boat. He was sent to interrogations in Dulag Luft Oberursel.
Later he was sent to Stalag Luft IV Groos-Tychow. (Source: AOD)

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.