B-24 Liberator Daisy Mae Scraggs

50 Manche

City :

Granville (Iles Chausey)

Coordinates : 48.87056,-1.83056

48°52'14"N 1°49'50"W

48°52.233 N 1°49.833 W

The Chausey Islands Grande Ile southwestern beach.

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The B-24 "Daisy Mae Scraggs" 446th BG, 8th AF crashed here on June 8th 1944
The surviving crewmen were rescued from the sea by the inhabitants of Chausey

KIA: 2nd Lt Walter R. Allamann, Bombardier, T/Sgt Lewis B. Leedy, Engineer, S/Sgt Geo. E Griffith, B/T Gunner, S/Sgt William R. Nace, W/W Gunner, S/Sgt William A Sawyer, W/W Gunner.
Survivors : 1st Lt James Q. Ogden, Pilot ; 2nd Lt Raymond J. Morris, Co-Pilot; 2nd Lt William L. Lauten Navigator ; T /Sgt George H. Rupard, Radio Operator ; S/Sgt Frank D. DiLeva, T/T Gunner.

See other record :

Lewis Leedy Granville (Iles Chausey)

External link :

Fiche sur France-Crashes 39-45

Notified by : Martial PAIN. Record added 25/10/2009.
Photos : Martial PAIN, Régis Biaux (06/2018).

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