Name:
John Charles Gregg
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
O-1105473
Unit:
Date of Death:
1945-01-18
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot:
Div 3, Section G
Row:
Lot 121
Grave:
3
Decoration:
Comments:
John Charles Gregg was born on September 20, 1914, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
At the time of his death, he was serving in the US Army Air Corps as a Captain and a passenger on the C-47 #43-48611. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to be transported to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.
Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net