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Murray Wilbur L.

Monuments

Lisnabreeny Memorial

 

Name:
Wilbur L. Murray
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
33236378
Unit:
312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-06
State:
Cemetery:
Turbotville Cemetery, Turbotville, Pennsylvania
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Wilbur L. Murray was born in 1920 and was a graduate of Turbotville-Lewis High School. He entered the Air Force service on July 20, 1942, and was employed at the Pennsylvania Ordnance Works. Wilbur served in the 312th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group as a Private and a crew member on the B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" aircraft during World War II. On July 6, 1944, their plane was being ferried to the mainland from Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland, and was flying south-east when it struck North Barrule while in the cloud. The aircraft crashed on an undulating slope and burned out. PVT Murray was killed in the crash. He was buried first in the Lisnabreeny Former American Military Cemetery in England. The cemetery closed in 1948 and his remains were exhumed and transferred. He is buried now in the Turbotville Cemetery, Turbotville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA.

B-24 #42-50762 "Flassie" crew:
Ronald B Dorrington - Pilot
Howard B Lynch - Pilot
Rex J Measom (unknown role)
Wilbur L Murray (unknown role)
James F Syron, Jr. - Radio Operator

Source of information:
From the book: Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker’s Guide: Historic Crash sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles
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