31 December 1943 Loss of William A. Marangello

On the 31st of December 1943 US Air Force pilot William Marangello flying a P-47 (#416357) crashed into Channel south to Jersey. It is not clear on the cause but it may have been Oxygen Failure. Local diaries recall seeing the US and British Planes but there was no Anti-Aircraft fire against them from the Germans

First Lieutenant
WILLIAM MARANGELLO
Service #O-792722
U.S. Army
61st Fighter Squadron
56th Fighter Group

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