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Personal info

Full name
ESSARY, Dewey
Date of birth
17 February 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6238036
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 March 1944
Place of death
Near Quackenbrück, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Stephen E. Essary (father)
Anna J. (Peters) Essary (mother)
Delta I. Essary (sister)
Perry L. Essary (brother)
Shirley L. Essary (brother)
Irvin R. Essary (brother)
Ernest L. Essary (brother)
Juanita Essary (sister)
Reba L. Essary (sister)
Marie Essary (sister)
Georgia V. (Wright) Essary (wife)
Emma J. Essary (daughter)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38044
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Spirit of 44
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Friedrichstrasse railway station
MACR: 3026

More information

Statement of 2nd Lt Donald K. Kehm, bombardier: "German fighters attacked in a group out of the sun from 12 o'clock high. We received numerous hits, fire was visible around no. 3 engine. The plane immediately went into a tight spin. At about 3,000 feet the tail broke from the ship and passed over the nose of the ship. The plane then began to climb and I recall objects coming towards me. The ship must have exploded as next I awoke on the ground to see German soldiers approaching."

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.100thbg.com, National WWII Memorial, Footnote - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930/1940 Census, www.8thafhs.com

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.100thbg.com, Loetta Hooks, www.findagrave.com - Debbie Ferguson