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CANO, Santiago Manuel - Date of
birth
25 July 1914 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
California -
Hometown
Santa Paula, Ventura County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39241511 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
368th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
3 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Sebastian Cano (father)
Carlotta M. (Mollinedo) Cano (mother)
Pilar Cano (brother)
Dolores Real (half-sister)
Jesus Real (half-brother)
Refugia Real (half-brother)
Carmen (Garcia) Cano (wife)
Santiago Cano (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3533 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 1159
More information
T/Sgt Santiago M. Cano was a citrus picker.He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 25 May 1942.
His wife died while giving birth to their son. When Santiago Cano had to leave for Europe, he left his son with his mother.
The airplane collided in mid-air with B-17 #42-30776. All crew members of both planes, twenty men in total were killed.
He is remembered at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, King County, Washington.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: Goof en Hennie Homburg, www.findagrave.com, Donald Miller, Peter Schouteten