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Personal info

Full name
CHOATE, Flourney L Jr
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tipton, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Tillman County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
O2058705
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
495th Bombardment Squadron,
344th Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Air Medal

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
10 September 1945
Place of death
Near Trauchgau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Flourney L. Choate (father)
Maggie L. (Callaham) Choate (mother)
Oletha E. Choate (sister)
Moray Y. Choate (sister)
Merle L. Choate (brother)
Margie L. Choate (sister)
Alyce J. (Cox) Choate (wife)
Jerry R. Choate (son)

More information

In mid-afternoon on 10 September 1945 Capt Gerald Davies took off from Florrenes, Belgium to fly to R-75 to take charge of the 496th. BS detachment there. En route the weather in the Munich area deteriorated, became heavily overcast and fog was encountered. At this time the B26 was flying sixty miles south of its proposed track. While flying in fog the airplane crashed into a mountainside at Trauchgau, Germany, all on board being killed instantly on impact.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.b26.com/guestbook/2002.htm - Jerry R. Choate

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