See also 1Lt George Hubert Steed Jr. Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
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Notes:
Landing accident. Attempted forced landing due to shortage of gasoline.
Description:
While returning to the base, Lt C.H. Steed called the control tower saying that he had only a few minutes fuel left. It was the last word heard from him. His plane was found later in a field near Villers St George, where it had crashed. Lt Steed was killed. His gunner, Sgt C.E. Tranchina, was seriously injured in the crash ... Sgt C.E. Tranchina, who had been seriously wounded in a crashlanding in January, in which his pilot, Lt Steed, was killed, was evacuated to the States.
(416th BG History 1945)
See also AAR 45-2-8-538 and Mission # 200
Photos and Documents
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1930 US Census
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1940 US Census
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Portrait
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Portrait
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Crash Photo
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Display at 416th Bomb Group Archive
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Newspaper Clipping
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The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) 06 Oct 1948, Wed Page 24
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Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 13 Oct 1948, Wed Page 16
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Interment Control Form
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Interment Control Form
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Headstone
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Rosters Of WW II Dead
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WW II Army and Army Air Force Casualty List
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National World War II Memorial Registry
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
