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TREMBLAY, Raymond Stephen - Date of
birth
December 1922 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Massachusetts -
Hometown
Atlleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-756747 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
394th Fighter Squadron,
367th Fighter Group
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Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
4 October 1944 - Place of
death
Hasbach-Rösrath, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Alceime Tremblay (father)
Mary Ann/Marian Tremblay (mother)
Norman Tremblay (brother)
Roland Tremblay (brother)
Gerard Tremblay (brother)
Lillian Tremblay (sister)
Oscar Tremblay (brother)
Donald Tremblay (brother)
Noella Tremblay (sister)
Claire Tremblay (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-104426 -
Data
Type: P-38J
Destination: Cologne, Germany
Mission: Dive bombing
MACR: 9225
More information
Raymond Tremblay was raised on a farm and worked as an airplane mechanic before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in Baltimore, Maryland on 3 June 1942.Statement of 2nd Lt William H Lemlet, who flew in the same mission: “I was flying number three position in Yellow flight on a dive-bombing mission to area of Cologne, Germany, on 4 October 1944. 1st Lt Tremblay was leading the squadron and Lt Coppess was flying his wing. 1st Lt Tremblay and Lt Coppess were last seen over the target area, before making a dive-bombing run on a bridge. Shortly after the bomb run, 1st Lt Tremblay called on the radio saying Me 109s and FW 190s were in the area and needed help. That was the last I saw or heard of him.”
According to German records, Lt Tremblay was killed by fire from a German fighter while descending with his parachute.
German records show that small parts of a corpse were buried on the spot of the crash place.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Mrs. Bette Tremblay Willette (niece), wwiimemorial, NARA, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: Jac Engels, Chuck Rogers, Arie-Jan van Hees - Pilot 43-I, Luke Field, Arizona / Pilot Class Book 43-I, Chico AAF, California