Des Jardins Earl A.

Name:

Earl A. Des Jardins

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-818638

Unit:

885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)

Date of Death:

1944-09-12

State:

Wisconsin

Cemetery:

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Plot:

Section E

Row:

Grave:

Site 60-61

Decoration:

Air Medal, Purple Heart

Comments:

Earl A. Des Jardins was born on January 26, 1922, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was the son of John Des Jardins and Nettie Lefevre Des Jardins.

At the time of his death, Earl was serving in the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special) as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot 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.

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