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Personal info

Full name
GANDY, M C
Date of birth
9 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Bucholtz, Milan County, Texas
Hometown
Navarro County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18034470
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
407th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
25 August 1944
Place of death
Baltic Sea, The bay near Greifswald, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence M. Gandy (father)
Merty M. (Saxon) Gandy (mother)
Roscoe Gandy (brother)
Lawrence Gandy (brother)
James Gandy (brother)
Burnice Gandy (sister)
Neal G. Gandy (brother)
Jack Gandy (brother)
Gene Gandy (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97958
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Peenemunde, Germany
Mission: Bombing
MACR: 8277

More information

Sgt. M. C. Gandy graduated from Navarro Schools. Entered the Air Corps in 1941, trained at Harlingen, Desert Center and Tampa.

Statement from Charles C. Kanzi, 2nd Lt, Air Corps, Bombardier.
This A/C was hit by flak then went into flat spin and fell to about ten thousend feet pulling out for a few seconds and then into a tight spin and burning. Several members of crew were seen to bail out. Did not notice whether plane hit ground or not due to evsive action taken after bombs away.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 Census, Ancestry Base, www.findagrave, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com