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Curtis Edward Burger
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Curtis Edward Burger Veteran

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
12 Mar 1944 (aged 22)
Cherbourg-Octeville, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Cenotaph
Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 28.7856669, Longitude: -81.2905971
Plot
Section 2D.17.4
Memorial ID
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Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class
U.S. Navy, World War II
Memorialized at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France #56350267

VPNAVY.org:
09 MAR 44 A/C: PB4Y-1 Location: Devonshire, England BUNO: 63946 Cause: Anti-submarine patrol ETO
Airborne at 0856, last radio contact at 2230. Missing at unknown location. Failed to return from assigned mission. As of 12 Mar 44 it is concluded that as a result of a combination of a navigation error and a mechanical difficulty, plane crashed or ditched at sea or in enemy held territory, or was abandoned in air over Cherbourg Peninsula, France.
Cenotaph

Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class
U.S. Navy, World War II
Memorialized at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial in France #56350267

VPNAVY.org:
09 MAR 44 A/C: PB4Y-1 Location: Devonshire, England BUNO: 63946 Cause: Anti-submarine patrol ETO
Airborne at 0856, last radio contact at 2230. Missing at unknown location. Failed to return from assigned mission. As of 12 Mar 44 it is concluded that as a result of a combination of a navigation error and a mechanical difficulty, plane crashed or ditched at sea or in enemy held territory, or was abandoned in air over Cherbourg Peninsula, France.

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