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Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. 54 x combat missions. Attacked marshalling yards at Amersfoort in P-47D 44-19786, hit by flak in centreline drop tank which exploded, abandoned A/C as oil pressure zero over Zoelen, Holland. Killed in action KIA. MACR 8995. Awarded the Purple Heart.