Name:
Bert Allen Saling
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
39180846
Unit:
309th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-08
State:
Montana
Cemetery:
Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana
Plot:
Section K, Lot 35
Row:
Grave:
5
Decoration:
Comments:
Born in Kalispell on June 3, 1912, he attended grade school in Montana and graduated from Flathead High School in 1942. He enlisted and trained as a flight engineer in the army air corps. TSgt Saling was killed in the mid-air collision of the Douglas C-47A-10-DK Skytrain 42-108873 and C-47A 43-15341 on July 8, 1944, during mass paratroop exercise and crashed near Tinwell, England. A total of 8 crew and 26 paratroopers in both aircraft died.
TSgt Saling is now buried in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, https://www.315group.org