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Personal info

Full name
GRAVEL, Donald Albert
Date of birth
25 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11055436
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
614th Bombardment Squadron,
401st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
Politz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Télesphore A. Gravel (father)
Bessie A. (Wetmore) Gravel (mother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-6145
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Cover Girl
Destination: Politz, Germany
MACR: 9756

More information

Donald A. Gravel enlisted on 24 July 1942 in Bristol, Massachusetts.

The airplane blew up in midair after hit by flak. Two members were thrown clear and parachuted safely, but the others were killed.

Source of information: www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Enlistment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book, 43-K, Curtis Field, Brady, Texas