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Personal info

Full name
MC QUADE, Philip James
Date of birth
5 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31292340
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
20th Bombardment Squadron,
2nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
7 July 1944
Place of death
North of Gyor, Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 41 56

Immediate family

Members
Bernard L. Mc Quade (father)
Marguerite E. Mc Quade (mother)
Marguerite E. Mc Quade (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97351
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Blechhammer, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the oil refinery
MACR: 6565

More information

Sgt Philip J. Mc Quade graduated from East Providence High School in 1942.

He enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 5 April 1943.

Statement of 1st Lt James E. Wagner:
"I had just glanced back to see the position of the squadron on my right wing, when I saw a lone Me-109 diving on B-17 No. 351 from the 4 o 'clock position, slightly high.The E/A closed in very near to the B-17 and then fired four or five bursts. I could see shots entering the tail section. Then the B-17 No. 351 pulled to the right, and straight up and fell off to the left and went into a flat spin. I lost sight before I saw any chutes, and the plane was still in a spin. This was at 1000 hours, at approximately 48-10N, 17-42 E, from an altitude of 21,000 feet."

Five crew members were killed in the crash, four were taken prisoner. The co-pilot, 1st Reese N. Burks died in a POW camp.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, East Providence High School 1942