Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 04 Jan 1944
Cornelius Pas.
Tail Gunner · 409th Squadron · Of PA.
The man.
§ Biography
Sgt. Cornelius Pas served as tail gunner on B-24D 41-23810 on the 4 January 1944 mission to Kiel. The MACR form renders the surname as 'Pat' with a parenthetical '(HMI)'; the correct surname is Pas, confirmed by German casualty documents.
Pas was killed in action on 4 January 1944. German records buried at least some of the dead at the Friedenskengel cemetery in Flensburg. A German administrative error attributed his serial number to pilot Reynolds when listing him as killed in action, requiring multiple inter-agency inquiries to resolve.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Tail Gunner
Serial Number
13089615
Hometown
PA
Missions flown.
2 catalogued · newest first
Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
Ardennes American Cemetery
Location
B 13 19