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Personal info

Full name
FAIR, Nathan Ellis Jr
Date of birth
2 July 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Throckmorton, Throckmorton County, Texas
Hometown
Throckmorton County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-523334
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
562nd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 July 1943
Place of death
Aurich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 17 9

Immediate family

Members
Nathan Fair (father)
Zora (Hall) Fair (mother)
Jesse Fair (brother)
Mabel Fair (sister)
Elena Fair (sister)
Lera Fair (sister)
Dixie Lee Fair (sister)
George Fair (brother)
Nell B. Fair (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30225
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mister Yank
Destination: Hanover, Germany
Mission: Combat
MACR: 3131

More information

2nd Lt Nathan E. Fair Jr. worked for the Civiklian Conservation Corps before he enlisted on 19 September 1940.

Flak was relatively meager until the IP was reached, then it became extremely accurate. At this time Lt Denton in a/c 42-30225 "Mister Yank" was hit by two burst at Aurish, one on the left wing and a few seconds later the right wing at which time #3 engine caught fire. The plane exploded. Over the target and back to the RP, the flak was very intense and accurate. The planes had to fly through this barrage type flak.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Michel Beckers/Dick Henggeler 388th Bomb Group Historian, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Texas Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Dick Henggeler - 388th Bomb Group Historian