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Personal info

Full name
FERREL, Ray
Date of birth
22 June 1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Gregg County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18098665
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
525th Bombardment Squadron,
379th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 Janurary 1944
Place of death
Dägeling, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 13 2

Immediate family

Members
Richard A. Ferrell (father)
Maude Ferrell (mother)
Edna Ferrell (sister)
Edward Ferrell (brother)
Fay Ferrell (twin-sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31093
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Deacon's Sinners
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1944

More information

Ray Ferrell attended Longview High School and the University of Texas.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Tyler, Texas on 30 November 1942.

The airplane was rammed by a Me-109 after the bomb run. It blew up and disintegreated.

Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight men were killed.

S/Sgt Ferrell was initially buried at the cemetery of Münsterdorf, Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 379thBombGroup, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Alan Tomasi, Gregg County, TXGenWeb