Saling Bert Allen

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Bert Allen Saling is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

315th Troop Carrier Group Monument

Name:

Bert Allen Saling

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Serial Number:

39180846

Unit:

309th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group

Date of Death:

1944-07-08

State:

Montana

Cemetery:

Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana

Plot:

Section K, Lot 35

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Born in Kalispell on June 3, 1912, he attended grade school in Montana and graduated from Flathead High School in 1942. He enlisted and trained as a flight engineer in the army air corps. TSgt Saling was killed in the mid-air collision of the Douglas C-47A-10-DK Skytrain 42-108873 and C-47A 43-15341 on July 8, 1944, during mass paratroop exercise and crashed near Tinwell, England. A total of 8 crew and 26 paratroopers in both aircraft died.

TSgt Saling is now buried in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, https://www.315group.org