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Capt Thomas Frederick Ruckelshaus

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Capt Thomas Frederick Ruckelshaus

Birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death
23 May 1944 (aged 39)
India
Burial
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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SECTION B SITE 409-A
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Killed in a crash of US Army Air Corps
C-46A Commando #42-107282 in the
Himalaya Mountains in northern India
during a flight over the "Hump" to China.

Initially listed as Missing In Action,
the wreck site was later located and
the crew remains recovered.

Also killed on this flight were:

Capt. Prosper V Terry, Pilot
1st Lt. Jacob A Sternbaum
SSgt. Harold Ruslander
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Entered the service from Illinois; Service ID: O-914679.
Killed in a crash of US Army Air Corps
C-46A Commando #42-107282 in the
Himalaya Mountains in northern India
during a flight over the "Hump" to China.

Initially listed as Missing In Action,
the wreck site was later located and
the crew remains recovered.

Also killed on this flight were:

Capt. Prosper V Terry, Pilot
1st Lt. Jacob A Sternbaum
SSgt. Harold Ruslander
~
Entered the service from Illinois; Service ID: O-914679.

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CAPT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Re-interred October 27, 1949.

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