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MANNING, David E - Date of
birth
15 February 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Hermon, St. Lawrence County, New York -
Hometown
Spokane County, Washington
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-745722 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
714th Bombardment Squadron,
448th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 December 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, west of Terschelling, Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Earl J. Manning (father)
Mary (Smith) Manning (mother)
Brooks Manning (brother)
William Manning (brother)
Peter Manning (brother)
Norma L. Manning (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52105 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Osnabruck, Germany
MACR: 3313
More information
Lt. David Manning attended Hermon High School, where he was prominent in athletics, particularly basketball. He later transferred to St. Mary's Academy of Ogdensburg, where he graduated in 1938.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Geiger Field, Washington, on 17 July 1941. He first served with the Military Police. He graduated from Marfa Air Base in Texas in May 1943.
The aircraft 42-52105 was hit by German flak. When the plane left the formation, German fighters pounced and shot down the stricken plane. The bomber crashed into the sea west of Terschelling. None of the crew members survived the crash.
Lt. David E. Manning is remembered at Hermon Cemetery in Hermon, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ogdensburg, NY Library - St. Mary's Academy yearbook, 1938