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TANSEY, Raymond E - Date of
birth
19 April 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Springfield, Union County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Union County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32453046 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
701st Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
20 March 1945 - Place of
death
3 miles East of Helgoland, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
James E. Tansey (father)
Margaret (Collins) Tansey (mother)
Alice M. Tansey (sister)
Edmund J. Tansey (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
44-48851 -
Data
Type: B-24-JSH
Destination: Hemmingstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Heide oil refinery
MACR: 13563
More information
S/Sgt Raymond E. Tansey enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 28 July 1942. He attended high school for 1 year and was a stone mason before he enlisted.He was a graduating member of the 43-13 class at Buckingham Field where he was recognized as one of the top 20 gunnery students.
The aircraft received a direct hit by flak while on his bomb run. The right wing came off and a large hole was observed in the left wing. The ship then blew up as it crashed into the water.
The entire crew is listed on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com, www.ancestry.com - New Jersey Birth Index
Photo source: Peter Schouteten