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Personal info

Full name
CASTLE, Orville Lee
Date of birth
16 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi
Hometown
Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
O-800358
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
508th Bombardment Squadron,
351st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1943
Place of death
1 mile south of Gross-Mackenstedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Joel T. Castle (father)
Emma B. (Wilson) Castle (mother)
Travis Castle (sister)
Richard L. Castle (brother)
Clarence E. Castle (brother)
Charlene Castle (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-37817
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Aristocrap
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1576

More information

Orville Castle attended college.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Jackson Army Air Base, Mississippi on 31 March 1942.

The airplane was hit by flak. Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner, three men were killed.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.merkki.com/murderinc, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.merkki.com/murderinc, Peter Schouteten