PENNAL James R - 562 BS 388 BGH - CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY of Cambridge

 

James Riley PENNAL

 

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Source of the portrait photograph: Pilot Class Book 43-J, Marfa, Texas. Courtesy of my Fields of Honor Database colleague Corrina who indexed this class book.
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-758615
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1922
ETATNettleton MISSISSIPPI
FAMILY 
RANKSecond Lieutenant
FONCTIONCo Pilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
REGIMENT SQUADRON562nd Bomber Squadron
DIVISION GROUP388th Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH11 April 1944

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Source : Matthew P. BROWN
Superintendent -Cambridge American Cemetery

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHBaltic Sea 
DATA PLAN

Mission : Rostock, GERMANY

Attacked by four FW-190's shortly after bombs-away damaging the vertical stabilizer.

Crashed into the Baltic Sea. 

CEMETERYCAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY of Cambridge
GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
Wall of Missing
DECORATION

Air Medal

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 

usaf  8air force  388bg  562bs
STORY
 

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B17 crew of James R. PENNAL

 

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courtesy of b17flyingfortress.de

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Source : Matthew P. BROWN
Superintendent -Cambridge American Cemetery

SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTOAbmc.gov  - findagrave.com -
USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries
  - findagrave.com        
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