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FLAHERTY, Patrick F Jr - Date of
birth
12 March 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Boston, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-682096 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 March 1944 - Place of
death
Near Loburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 12 | 12 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Patrick F. Flaherty (father)
Mary (DeLap) Flaherty (mother)
Mary T. Flaherty (sister)
John J. Flaherty (brother)
Margaret Flaherty (sister)
Catherine M. Flaherty (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31403 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Erkner-Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken (ball bearing plant)
MACR: 3424
More information
2nd Lt Patrick F. Flaherty Jr. worked in a garage before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 April 1942.The aircraft was attacked by fighters. One of the crew members tried to throw Patrick´s body out of the aircraft. He had lifted him from his seat at the chin turret and lay him down with his head on an ammunition box and then determined that nothing could be done for him, for he apparently was killed instantly by 20 mm cannon shells. He was still in the aircraft when it crashed.
Three crew members were killed, seven were taken prisoner.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-8, Midland Army Air Field, Texas