DE BRUIN Larry C - 366 BS 305 BG

Larry C. DE BRUIN

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

17042359

AGE

23 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

1919

STATE

Mahaska County IOWA

FAMILY

Single

RANK

Sergeant

FONCTION

Gunner

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

Farmer

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

12 january 1942 Fort des Moines IOWA

SQUADRON

366^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

305^th Bomber Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

30 december 1942

STATUS

MIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Advanced Trémazan "Landunvez" (Finistère 29)

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F-30-BO - s/n 42-5078
Take-Off: RAF Chelveston (AAF-105), England
Mission: Base sous-marine Lorient (56)
Shot by hunting near the Pointe de Landunvez (29)

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY from St James

Map St James American Cemetery

GRAVE

Wall of Missing

DECORATION

Purple Heart

Air Medal

STORY

Crew B-17 Fortress - type F-30-BO - s/n 42-5078
1^stLieutenant	Floyd E LOVE	Pilot	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
2^ndLieutenant	Kent H WOLFSEN	CoPilot	Died - Cim Brit Am Cambridge UK
2^ndLieutenant	Francis J WACHEL	Navigator	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
2^ndLieutenant	Laurence GORESKI	Bomber	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
T/Sergeant	Raymond N KIRKENDOLL	Mechanic/Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
T/Sergeant	Roland B DIGMAN	Radio/Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
S/Sergeant	Raymond E BANDY	Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
Sergeant	Larry C DE BRUIN	Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
Sergeant	Robert E JOYCE	Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)
S/Sergeant	Peter G GALARZA	Gunner	Died - Cim Brit Am St-James (50)