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Personal info

Full name
MIRANDA, Florentino Joseph
Date of birth
24 February 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Wilkes, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-682582
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
333rd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
9 April 1944
Place of death
Baltic Sea, 1 km off the beach of Elmenhorst, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 11 33

Immediate family

Members
Jesus Miranda (father)
Matilda Miranda (mother)
Helen Miranda (sister)
Manuel Miranda (brother)
Henry Miranda (brother)
Irene Miranda (sister)
Carmen Miranda (sister)
Elizabeth Miranda (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97080
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Warnemunde, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Arado/Heinkel aviation industry
MACR: 3800

More information

2nd Lt Florentino J. Miranda graduated from West Technical High School in 1938. He was a plasterer.

He joined the Air Corps at Fort Mac Arthur, San Pedro, California on 29 November 1940.

This aircraft was seen to circle down immediately after bombs away and crashed into the sea near the target and exploded. Time of this observation and happening was at 1225 hours. Various crews reported seeing two, three, six and ten chutes leave the aircraft.

The 10 men of the crew tried to parachute. Seven of them drowned, three men were brought ashore by a revenue cutter and handed over to the Naval Airbase HQ of Warnemunde.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, Cleveland Public Library, West Tech Tatler 1938, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com https://www.facebook.com - 94th Bomb Group USAAF Class Book Project