Name:
Donald W. Short
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
20113522
Unit:
585th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-07
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky
Plot:
I
Row:
Grave:
191-192
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Staff Sergeant Donald Short, gunner of the B-26 Marauder 42-96113 “It Ain’t Easy” took off from airstation 455 Holmsley South, Hampshire, UK, on a bombing mission to Nogent-sur-Seine. The plane was hit by flak near the engine and bomb bay, crashing in flames at 1335.