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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, Patrick Francis
Date of birth
4 May 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Mayfield, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mayfield, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13007289
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1944
Place of death
Vlessendijk, near the farm of Mr. Kremer
Nieuw Heeten, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 15 8

Immediate family

Members
Patrick F. Murray (father)
Agnes C. (Walsh) Murray (mother)
Frank Murray (brother)
John Murray (brother)
George E. Murray (brother)
Mary Murray (sister)
Margaret Murray (sister)
Louise Murray (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31236
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Arch Bishop
Mission: Halberstadt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers aviation industry
MACR: 1933

More information

Patrick F. Murray was a clerk.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 October 1940.

The plane #42-31538 collided with plane #42-31236 after being attacked by a FW 190 of II/JG26.

All crew members of both airplanes, twenty men in total, were killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, http://www.teunispats.nl/fr-wwii.htm, Teunis Schuurman