Date: 2nd March 1945
Unit: 359th FG, 368th FS
Type: P-51C North American Mustang
Serial No. 42-103793
Coded: Unknown
Location: Polebrook
Pilot: 2nd Lt Merle G Aunspaugh
REASON FOR LOSS:
Merle was tragically killed in a flying accident while carrying out mock strafing attack during gunnery practice, aircraft flew into a tree ripping off a wing and crashed.
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Merle “Tot” Aunspaugh
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ccccccccccccccccccMerle’s first grave at Cambridge Cemetery, England ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc Reinterred Gothenburg Dawnson County, Nebraska.
Burial Details:
Gothanburg Cemetery
Dawnson County
Nebtaska, USA
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