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SHORT, Emerson Dale - Date of
birth
11 November 1921 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio -
Hometown
Archbold, Fulton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35339045 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
506th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Dennis Short (father)
Laura (Wyse) Short (mother)
Luella M. (Baer) Short (stepmother)
Herman J. Short (brother)
Alvin D. Short (half-brother)
Marvin J. Short (half-brother)
Edward A. Short (half-brother)
Paul L. Short (half-brother)
Loueen K. Short (half-sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-40989 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Destination: Frankfurt, Germany
Mission: Diversion
MACR: 940
More information
Sgt Emerson D. Short attended Archbold High School for and was employed at Archbold Ladder Company.Diversions were usually considered “milk runs”, but this turned out to be anything but that when this formation succeeded in attracting 30 to 50 single-engine enemy aircraft. These “yellow noses” attacked and one of these bandits slashed through the formation. It was hit by the B-24 gunners, which knocked off its wing and it lost control and slammed into the aircraft piloted by Lt F. V. Johnston. The collision sent both planes down into the sea. There were no survivors from this 506th Squadron crew.
He is remembered at the Pettisville Cemetery in Pettisville, Fulton County, Ohio
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com 1930 Census, WWI Draft Card, U.S. Mennonite Vital Records
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Anita Yoder Dusseau, www.findagrave.com - Hudson Louie, Michael Zuver