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Personal info

Full name
ROUTHIER, Austin Wilson
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Brimley, Chippewa County, Michigan
Hometown
Brimley, Clare County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36198509
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
364th Bombardment Squadron,
305th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
26 February 1943
Place of death
Between Frisian Islands and Helgoland, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Routhier (father)
Fern (Drum) Routhier (mother)
Nina V. Routhier (sister)
Kennith C. Routhier (brother)
Merseida E. Routhier (sister)
Ora L. Routhier ( sister)
Diana P. Routhier (sister)
Jean G. Routhier (brother)
Thornton Routhier (brother)
Joan Routhier (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5056
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Devil's Playmate
Destination: Willemshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Kriegsmarinewerft (KMW) U-boat yards
MACR: 15120

More information

S/Sgt Austin W. Routhier enlisted in Marquette, Michigan on 12 May 1942.

It is believed that the airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft.

All ten crew members were killed.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - Macr, http://www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The times Herald

Photo source: André Koch, Susan Linton