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Personal info

Full name
GARRETT, Paull C
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Berkeley County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
0-388758
Rank
Major
Function
Observer
Unit
566th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Altwarmbüchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 41 17

Immediate family

Members
A.S. Garrett (father)
Mary E. Garrett (mother)
Lee H. Garrett (brother)
Elsie Garrett (sister)
Martha D. (Joyner) Garrett (wife)
Billy Garrett (son)

Plane data

Serial number
44-10579
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Pugnacious Princess Pat
Destination: Misburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Deurag oil refinery
MACR: 11208

More information

At bombs away the airplane was hit by flak in the bomb bay and right wing and immediately bursted in to flames. The right wing came off. The tail assembly disintegrated and the aircraft apparently disintegrated also. Five crew members were taken prisoner, six were killed. They were initally buried at the community cemetery of Altwarmbüchen on 27 November 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.389thbg.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, 1920 US Census, WV Memories Project

Photo source: www.findagrave.com