Stuart Bernard MENDELSOHN

 

mendelsohn stuart bernardPilot Class Book 43-B, Lubbock Army Flying School, TEXAS
ARMY SERIAL NUMBERO-672379
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1920
STATECleveland, OHIO
FAMILYParent: Mr & Mrs Louis MENDELSOHN
RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB before ENLISTEMENTActors and actressesOH
DATE of ENLISTEMENT4 april 1942 Ockbourne AAB Columbus OHIO
SQUADRON324th Bomb Squadron
GROUP91st Bomb Group
ARMY8th Air Force
DATE OF DEATH31 december 1943mendelsohn stuart bernard tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHKerancreac'h - 8 km de Bannalec
DATA  PLAN

B-17F - #42-29895 - IF- 'H' - "The Black Swan"

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Mission: Raid on Bordeaux and Cognac

Décollage Station 121 Bassingbourn, CAMBRIDGESHIRE Felled by the flak (1 HS engine) and by hunters

The pilot and the mechanic were killed by shrapnel

The other members evacuated the aircraft in a parachute

CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY de St James

Map St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
J111
DECORATION
Distinguished Flying Crossdfc
Air Medal - 2 Oak Leaf Clusteram2olc
 

 

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STORY
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Stele in memory of the men of  "The Black Swan"

42 29895 Stele Black Swan 2 42 29895 Stele Black Swan 1

 Equipage du B-17F - #42-29895 - IF- 'H'

"The Black Swan"

2nd Lieutenant Stuart B MENDELSOHN Pil Dead

O-672379 - DFC/AM+2 - OHIO   

Killed in the plane by the firing of one of the hunters

2nd Lieutenant Laverne Ellie WOODS CoP Prisoner

O-742043 - TENNESSEE

 Stalag Luft I Barth-Vogelsang Prussia

2nd Lieutenant Warren L ELLIS Nav Prisoner

O-750185 - INDIANA

Stalag Luft I Barth-Vogelsang Prussia

2nd Lieutenant James A SCHNEIDER Bomb Evadé

O-747961 - Né le 08/06/1918 - Mobridge, SOUTH DAKOTA

Evasion by boat MGB 503 26/27 Feb 44 Op Bonaparte 2

My father Louis LE GALLIC who was part of the resistance, took care of

James A Schneider who was bomber on this aircraft.

He hid it in a heath two kilometers from his home.

This aviator spent the night hidden before being recovered the next day by the men of

the network to evacuate it out of France towards England. Jacques LE GALLIC

T/Sergeant Richard George HENSLEY Mec Dead

6569055 - AM/PH - WASHINGTON

Gravely wounded in plane, fails to jump in parachute

T/Sergeant James Nicholas "Jimmy" QUINN Rad Evadé

12090499 - Né le 18/02/1921 - New York City, NEW YORK

Evasion by boat MGB 503 26/27 Feb 44 Op Bonaparte 2

S/Sergeant Larry C HULL A/Rad Prisoner 12126905 - NEW YORK  - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf
S/Sergeant Porter Dudley CLEMENS MitV Prisoner 19122414 - OREGON   - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia
S/Sergeant Abraham Roke LIEBERMAN MitG Prisoner 33325292 - PENNSYLVANIA - Unknown Camp
S/Sergeant Rollin E GATER MitD Prisoner

35488672 - INDIANA- Order on Termination

Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf

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Crew of B-17 F

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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOFrancecrashes39-45.net - Aad.archives.gov - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Aerosteles.netAbsa3945.com - Merkki.com
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