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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Alwin Caruthers Burns Jr. Bombardier/Navigator, O-708876 Killed In Action - Sep 29, 1944 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 1921, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
Entered Military Service: From: Sumter County, South Carolina Buried: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands, Plot L Row 10 Grave 16 On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Overseas American Cemeteries American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate Find-A-Grave Fields of Honor Database |
Lt. Burns, from Mecklenburg County, NC, graduated from Davidson College in the class of 1942 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps in July of that year.
The afternoon mission on 29 Sep 44, the 149th for the 416th Bomb Group, was to the Julich Marshalling Yards. A direct hit of flak caused a gas tank to explode, downing the aircraft flown by Lt. DeMand.
See also MACR 9274 and Mission # 149
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
"Goin' Home" courtesy of the U.S. Air Force Band