Name:
Raul Pompa
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
38027440
Unit:
557th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1978-05-29
State:
Texas
Cemetery:
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
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Raul Pompa served in the 557th Bomber Squadron, 387th Bomber Group, as a Staff Sergeant and Mechanic on the B-26 #43-34151 during World War II. On November 25, 1944, his crew took off from A-71 Clastres airfield in France on a bombing raid in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Upon returning to their airbase, A-71 (Clastres), the plane caught fire and crash-landed near La Neuville-Housett. The weather was bad. Four members of the crew were killed and three survived in this crash. SSgt Pompa was one of the survivors.
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