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MCFADDEN, Elwin James "Pinky" - Date of
birth
1920 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Oregon -
Hometown
Josephine County, Oregon
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-742338 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
558th Bombardment Squadron,
387th Bombardment Group, Medium
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
29 May 1944 - Place of
death
Northwest of Paris, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 36 | 50 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James J. McFadden (father)
Susie H. McFadden (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-107690 -
Data
Type: B-26C-45
Destination: Conflans-sur-Seine, France
Mission: Railroad Bridge
MACR: 5025
More information
1st Lt Elwin J. McFadden graduated at the Grants Pass High School in Grants Pass with the class of 1939. He joined the National Guard in Grants Pass, Oregon on 16 September 1940.T/Sgt Raymond T. Lent:
Flying as Radio Gunner on Lt Tandy’s crew we were on Capt Harmon’s right wing. I was at the right waist gun when Capt Harmon’s ship was hit by flack about twenty seconds before we reached the bomb release point. The flack hit his right wing tearing part of it off. I lost the ship for a few seconds and when I picked it up again it was in a steep dive near the ground. I saw one chute before the plane was lost to sight. I did not see the plane crash.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Monty McDaniel, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Grants Pass High School Yearbook 1939, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-D gibbs Fd Texas