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MONSON, Douglas - Date of
birth
29 September 1924 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
San Diego, San Diego County, California -
Hometown
Imperial County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
19203304 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Tail Gunner -
Unit
333rd Bombardment Squadron,
94th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
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 Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Florence M. Trask Stewart Wolfe (mother)
James T. Stewart (stepfather)
Robert L Stewart (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97080 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Warnemunde, Germany
Mission: Bombing of th Arado/Heinkel aviation industry
MACR: 3800
More information
Sgt Douglas Monson was a chauffeur.He volunteered for the Air Corps in Los Angeles, California on 14 December 1942.
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, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, 1930/1940 Census, California Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Escondido High School, 1941