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MENG, Harold Ramsey - Date of
birth
6 April 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Wisconsin -
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-702472 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
853rd Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 June 1944 - Place of
death
English Channel
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
George H. Meng (father)
Mabel C. Meng (mother)
Roger A. Meng (brother)
Emile Meng (grandmother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-95191 -
Data
Type: B-24 H
Destination: Fleury, France
MACR: 8232
More information
Personal Statement:After our A/C had been struck by flak, I went from the flight deck into the passage to the Navigator-Bombardier compartment. I found Lt Meng and Lt Tweed lying in the passageway. Lt Meng appeared to be dead. Lt Tweed was alive and conscious but was pinned to a portion of the airplane. The nose wheel doors had been blown open by the concussion of the flak blast and Lt Meng was lying across the opening with his head towards the front of the airplane. As I attempted to lift him away from the opening, the lower portion of his body fell thru the opening and was caught in the slip-stream. I tried to hold him in the airplane but was unable to do so. To the best of my knowledge and belief, Lt Meng was dead when he fell out of the airplane.
T/Sgt Leon J Boersma Jr.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, MACR
Photo source: Peter Schouteten