SSgt MC GEACHIE John
60 Oise City : Villers-Saint-Paul
Coordinates :
49.28806 ,
2.49556
49°17'17"N 2°29'44"E
49°17.283 N 2°29.733 E
On an exterior wall of a house on the SW roadside of the Rue du Liberator, extending from Rue Jean Jaures.
Take the D200 SW from Compiegnes. At the town go down Avenue des Pommiers then N to Jean Jaures and NE on the latter.
To the glorious memory of SSgt John McGeachie 346th BS 489th BG
KIA on June 2nd 1944
B-24H-FO Liberator 42-94933 8R D "Stubby Gal II" was shot down by flak on June 2nd 1944 during a bombing run over the airfields of Creil and Brétigny. The death and subsequent burial at the US Epinal cemetery of radio operator John McGeachie is referenced as well.
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Notified by : Régis Biaux.
Record added 07/10/2012.
Photos : Régis Biaux (09/2012).
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