Skarl Anthony R.

Name:

Anthony R. Skarl

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

32604323

Unit:

885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)

Date of Death:

1944-09-12

State:

New Jersey

Cemetery:

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Plot:

Section E

Row:

Grave:

Site 60-61

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Anthony R. Skarl was born on January 15, 1920, in Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Elanore Skarl, who resided in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Anthony resided in Union County, New Jersey, prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on December 31, 1942, in Newark, New Jersey. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a machine shop and also as a single, without dependents.

At the time of his death, Anthony was serving in the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) as a Corporal and Gunner on the B-24G #42-78243 "Dallas Lady." On September 12, 1944, his crew took off at 8:08 PM from Maison-Blanche (Algeria) on a mission to drop containers and packs to the underground of Allessandria's sector (northeast of Piemont, north Italy). Around 23:00, due to bad weather and a navigation error, their aircraft hit the mountain wall and crashed at the peak of Corne de Bouc mountains in Fontan, France. All men aboard were killed in the crash.

Their bodies were initially buried in Fontan town cemetery, then moved to a temporary cemetery in Luynes, and finally in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Kentucky, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net