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Personal info

Full name
O'HARA, Michael Patrick
Date of birth
29 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
New York, Queens County, New York
Hometown
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39611014
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
43rd Squadron,
315th Troop Carrier Group
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Rees, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 16 21

Immediate family

Members
Michael P. O'Hara (father)
Rose E. (Hager) O'Hara (mother)
Richard A. Tucker (stepfather)
Gertrude O'Hara (sister)
Cyril Tucker (adoptive brother)
Elizabeth V. (Odgers) O'Hara (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-15266
Data
Type: C-47A
Nickname: Flagship II
Destination: Drop Zone "A", Rees, Germany
Mission: Paratrooper drop
MACR: 13430

More information

S/Sgt Michael P. O'Hara graduated from Boys Central High School and was a widely-known football star for Centerville.

He enlisted in Butte, Montana on 27 August 1942.

Little is known about the circumstances of the loss of the airplane. All four crew members were killed. It also carried eighteen passengers, all members of the British 6th Airborne Division. Probably they all jumped out of the plane.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Montana County Marriages / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.newspapers.com - Butte Montana Standard

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Butte Montana Standard