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FULLER, Davis Elliot - Date of
birth
9 March, 1919 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana -
Hometown
Coldwater, Wayne County, Michigan -
Religion
Jewish
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36502519 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
563rd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
27 August 1943 - Place of
death
Marine hospital
Emden, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 12 | 14 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James A. Fuller (father)
Priscella E. (Young) Fuller (mother)
Daisy Fuller (twin sister)
Wilbur Fuller (brother)
Edna M. Fuller (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30189 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: La Chiquita
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the rubber industry
MACR: 3067
More information
The mission took place on 26 July 1943.The airplane was hit by flak on the return route. The crew bailed out over the Wadden Sea off the coast of the island Norderney. They were were picked up by the Germans. Only the Radio Operator, T/Sgt Earl T. Switzer drowned.
T/Sgt Fuller was wounded in the neck and the face and was taken to a hospital in Emden where he died a month later.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com,
www.archives.gov, National Jewish Welfare Board Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Reppuhn Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Dick Henggeler-388th Bomb Group Historian, www.findagrave.com - Stephan Cantrell