Rugg Frank Dickinson, Jr.

Name:

Frank Dickinson, Jr. Rugg

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-824241

Unit:

885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)

Date of Death:

1944-09-12

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Plot:

Section E

Row:

Grave:

Site 60-61

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Frank Dickinson Rugg, Jr. was born on July 17, 1923. He was the son of Frank Dickinson Rugg and Faith Fullam Rugg.

At the time of his death, Frank Dickinson, Jr. was serving in the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) as a Second Lieutenant and an Observer on the B-24G #42-78243 "Dallas Lady." On September 12, 1944, his crew took off at 8:08 PM from Maison-Blanche (Algeria) on a mission to drop containers and packs to the underground of Allessandria's sector (northeast of Piemont, north Italy). Around 23:00, due to bad weather and a navigation error, their aircraft hit the mountain wall and crashed at the peak of Corne de Bouc mountains in Fontan, France. All men aboard were killed in the crash.

Their bodies were initially buried in Fontan town cemetery, then moved to a temporary cemetery in Luynes and finally in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Kentucky, USA. 2Lt Rugg has a cenotaph located in the Locust Hill Cemetery in Massachusetts.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net