Lt Marvin E. Leinweber
10 Aug 1944
KIA
USA
Lt C.W. Starck
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.
Lt J.A. Pelletier
KIA
USA
1944-11-18
Lt B.F. Savage
30 Jul 1944
KIA
Normandy American Cemetery
Lt Boleslaw Kociencki
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.
Lt Col Bruce F. Parcell
Major Bruce Parcell was the original C.O. and was killed on a strafing run in Normandy.
Lt G.L. Feucht
12 Dec 1944
KIA
Lorraine American Cemetery
Lt A.O. Swanson
26 Jan 1945
KIA
Ardennes American Cemetery
Lt J.A. McNeely
25 Dec 1944
KIA
USA