30 Jul 1944
KIA
Normandy American Cemetery

Major Bruce Parcell was the original C.O. and was killed on a strafing run in Normandy.

2nd Lt Arthur F Williams Jnr died on 29th June 1944 in the Foxwood Avenue Disaster, following the crash of Vincent James P-47 in to a row of bungalow homes. He tried to warn civilians & firefighters in the road of the danger of an unexploded bomb but was killed in the blast, shortly afterwards.

510th pilots Lt. Starck, Lt Kociencki, and Lt Williams were commorated when a plaque to the 405th was unveiled at Purewell Cross War Memorial, Christchurch in June 2002.

Lt Boleslaw Kociencki was killed on 22nd June 1944 when he collided head on with a Messerschmitt Bf 109G he was attacking in the Cloyes-sure-le-Loir area. He was known as K-Kid and flew a P-47 with this name on it.

510th pilots Lt. Starck, Lt Kociencki, and Lt Williams were commorated when a plaque to the 405th was unveiled at Purewell Cross War Memorial, Christchurch in June 2002.

2nd Lt Charles W Starck died on 29th May 1944, as a result of a mid air collison on 28th May, while he was flying the 510th's Piper L-4B Grasshopper. The crash occurred near Avon village a few miles north of Christchurch airfield. He may have collided with an RAF aircraft as no other USAAF aircraft was lost in a collison nearby. His body was later returned to the USA for burial.

510th pilots Lt. Starck, Lt Kociencki, and Lt Williams were commorated when a plaque to the 405th was unveiled at Purewell Cross War Memorial, Christchurch in June 2002.

Sir,
I am Master Sergeant Gary T. Ragsdell, a USAF medic stationed here at RAF Upwood in England. I am writing you to let you know that I have recently taken on a memorial site project cleanup for one of our Pilots [Remember: Capt Donald Roberts] who belonged to the 510FS. I think you will appreciate what we are trying to do for a member of your Squadron. I am also forwarding a few before and now pictures from Aug 2003 - to 10 Oct 2003.
Sincerely,
MSgt Gary T. Ragsdell
4N071, IDMT

Robert E. Erickson 1921~2010 Colonel USAF Retired, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, passed away in Mesa, Arizona on March 10th, 2010.  Bob was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on Jan 21,1921 to Robert T. and Marie Erickson. He graduated from South High School and attended BYU and the University of Utah where he played football and basketball.

Colonel Adrian C. Pone', formerly of New Paltz, NY died Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in Ferrara, Italy. Known in the military community as "Kermit", and having served over 22 years in the USAF, Colonel Pone' was the Director of Operations, NATO Combined Air Operations Center Five, at Poggio Renatico, Italy.

Lt. Russel B. Clifford from Kiamath Falls, Oregon.
P 47 D 20 RE 42 76471 crashed in FONTAINE LA GUYON pilot killed

1944-00-00

Oct 16, 1992 -- Security Council Resolution 781, NATO forces begin monitoring flights in the airspace of Bosnia Herzegovina in NATO Operation Sky Monitor. The U.N. resolution calls on member states to to assist United Nations Protection Forces (UNPROFOR) in monitoring the ban on military flights in that airspace. More than 500 flights violate the ban from Oct. 16, 1992 to April 12, 1993.