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Irvine Don W.

Name:
Don W. Irvine
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-734698
Unit:
544th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-07-04
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, Missouri
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

2nd Lt Don W. Irvine, bombardier of the B-17 42-29960 "Nymokymi", took off from station 106 in Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, UK on a bombing mission over Gnome and Rhone-Le Mans factory complexes at 1100. The plane was hit by flak and fighter fire, losing its no.4 engine. The crew bailed out of the burning plane. Irvine did not make it out of the plane.