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Personal info

Full name
PERKINS, Sidney Lincon
Date of birth
18 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Holland, Orleans County, Vermont
Hometown
Holland, Orleans County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
31340836
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
725th Bombardment Squadron,
451st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Deutsch-Wagram, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 16 17

Immediate family

Members
Eugene L. Perkins (father)
Etta M. Perkins (mother)
Vivian A. Perkins (sister)
Verian Perkins (sister)
Hubert E. Perkins (brother)
Phyllis C. (Worth) Perkins (wife)
Paul Perkins (son)

Plane data

Serial number
44-49418
Data
Type: B-24L
Destination: Vienna, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the refineries
MACR: 12089

More information

Sgt Sidney L. Perkins attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Rutland, Vermont on 28 September 1943.

Capt Robert E. Smith:
The subject ship received a direct flak hit in the bomb bays, causing them to burst into flame immediately. The aircraft passed beneath our bomb bays and appeared to be completely out of control. The ship was aflame from the forward bomb bays to the tail of the ship. On the tight side of our ship, their left wing tore loose. The ship then disintegrated, and no parachutes were seen to emerge from the aircraft.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / DWW Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com – The Burlington Free Press Vermont 24 February 1945, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Feb.45.html
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