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Price David G.

Name:
David G. Price
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
16099316
Unit:
560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-20
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
E
Row:
1
Grave:
19
Decoration:
Comments:

David G. Price was born in 1923 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. After enlisting in 1942 he trained as a crew chief and was assigned to the 563rd Squadron.

On the foggy morning of May 20, 1944, some three hours after the last plane had taken off for the day's mission to Brussels, Sgt. Price was relaxing in his line tent near the runway with fellow crew chiefs Allen Gregory and Clove Wells, unaware that a troubled plane was coming in for an emergency landing. Aircraft 42-97352 had aborted the mission when its #1 engine failed, along with the electric and hydraulic systems. At 9:50 a.m., with the plane's wheels cranked manually into position, the pilot was making his third landing attempt when engine #1 burst into flame. The pilot brought the plane down abruptly and at high speed, missing the runway. The plane then sped across the grass, plowing through the crew chiefs' tent. Sgt. Price and M/Sgt. Gregory were killed instantly; M/Sgt. Wells was injured but recovered.

David is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was one of the many brave Americans of the 388th Bomber Group who lost their lives in aerial operations against the German forces from June 1943 - August 1945.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, www.abmc.gov, 388bg.com