Gregg John Charles

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John Charles Gregg is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

C-47 (43-48611) Crash Churchyard Memorial

Name:

John Charles Gregg

Rank:

Captain

Serial Number:

O-1105473

Unit:

Date of Death:

1945-01-18

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot:

Div 3, Section G

Row:

Lot 121

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

John Charles Gregg was born on September 20, 1914, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

At the time of his death, he was serving in the US Army Air Corps as a Captain and a passenger on the C-47 #43-48611. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to be transported to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.

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