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FLAHARTY, Jack Lansing - Date of
birth
20 January 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Bufallo, Erie County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32830737 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
391st Bombardment Squadron,
34th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
19 October 1944 - Place of
death
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 28 | 13 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Lansing Flaharty (father)
Alice (Forcey) Flaharty (mother)
Charlotte Flaharty (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
43-38300 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Mail Call
Destination: Mannheim, Germany
Mission: Bombing of a tractor plant
MACR: 9467
More information
Jack Flaharty attended high school for two years and worked in an aircraft factory.He enlisted in buffalo, New York on 30 January 1943.
The airplane received a direct flak hit in engine #2 and the wing tank, starting a fire. Crew members of others B-17s in the group saw a propeller and a cowling fall off. The Airplane peeled out of formation to the left under the formation and appeared still under control as it entered the clouds 2000 feet below the formation.
One crew member survived, nine men were killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card, 1930 US Census, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Jac Engels