Yngvar S. BERNTZEN

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE T-000076
AGE 22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
ETAT Brooklyn, NEW YORK
FAMILYSon of Therese BERNTZEN
RANK Flight Officer
FONCTION Co Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NY
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON336th Bomb Squadron
 GROUP95th Bomb Group
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH29 May 1943berntzen yngvar s tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHOff the Pte de Varde - Cne de St-Malo Paramé
DATA PLAN 

B-17 Fortress - type F-30-VE - s/n 42-5858 ET*L

B17 flying fortress4

Macr: 4894

Mission: Rennes

Takeoff Station 119 Horham, SUFFOLK

Hit by flak and hunters Focke Wulf 190

(Lt Fisher talks about a "terrific explosion" on the plane)

Possible collision with 42-29709

Airplane evacuated by parachute - Around 14h15

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
C1714
DECORATION

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

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STORY
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F-30-VE - s/n 42-5858 ET*L

 

1st Lieutenant Lawrence D. CLARK Pilot Dead Cim Brit Am St-James O-727176 - DFC/PH - Seattle, WASHINGTON
F/Officer Yngvar S. BERNTZEN CoPilot Dead Cim Brit Am St-James T-000076 - PH - 22 yo - Son of  Therese Berntzen - Brooklyn, NEW YORK
captain Ray E LANDRUM Navigator Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12  O-421395 - Frederick, OKLAHOMA
Lieutenant Dwight Angus FISHER Bomber escaped   O-724204 - Born the 16/10/1918 - Aurora, ILLINOIS - Gravely burned in the plane - Evasion with Bordeaux / Burgundy networks by the boat Breiz-Izel
T/Sergeant Carl Hallstaff UPCHURCH Mechanic/Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  34332956 - Cuba, ALABAMA
T/Sergeant Garland L TEAGUE Radio Prisoner - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12  39075735 - Healdton, OKLAHOMA
S/Sergeant Robert L CARLSON Gunner Prisoner   17064358 - Turlock, CALIFORNIA
S/Sergeant William W WOOD Gunner Prisoner - Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia  37013964 - Marshall, MISSOURI
T/Sergeant Wilbur Scott RICE Gunner Prisoner - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf  17043460 - Troutdale, OREGON
S/Sergeant Chester J MAYO Gunner Dead Mount Hope Cem. Lemay, St-Louis Co, Missouri 37187732 - 27 yo - St-Louis, MISSOURI - Parachute unopened
Major Edgar Boyd COLE Observator escaped   O-362148 - Born the 14/09/1916 - Nyssa, OREGON - Escape by Pyrénées/Espagne/Gibraltar
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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com  - Abmc.gov
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