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An account of the crash can be found in the MACR: 'Two B-24s believed to be H Bar and E Bar (Lucky Tiger) of the 389th BG reported down at 51° N 06° 20' E at 1220 hours with three to seven chutes reported. E Bar and H Bar were seen attacked by enemy aircraft and compelled to fall back of formation. After straggling, ship believed to be E Bar again attacked by seven FW 190s and seen to explode. Ship believed to be H Bar last seen far to rear in undercast. At 1230 hours, 51° 30' North - 05° 10' E, one B-24 straggling was attacked by enemy fighters. Three chutes seen and then ship reported to explode. The 93rd BG reported at 1220 hours, shortly after target withdrawal, H Bar was attacked by German fighters and fell behind the formation. Visual contact was lost due to undercast and the lagging of the aircraft. The 93rd BG also reported E Bar was believed to have been hit by a rocket and was observed falling with both rudders off and its bomb bay on fire. It then exploded and crashed at approximately 51° 00' N - 06° 20' E, about 10 miles NE of Aachen, Germany. Crews reported seeing two to three, and up to seven chutes were reported.'

He was buried one day later by the Germans at the nearby airport of Le Culot.

A monument can be found in Hoegaarden, Belgium at the place where the plane crashed.

S/Sgt Parramore was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for his participation in the raid on the Ploesti Rumania Oil Refineries on 1 August 1943.