BENNETT L H - 350 BS 100 BG

Lawrence H BENNETT

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

35418652

AGE

27 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

7 july 1917

STATE

Murray City, OHIO

FAMILY

Mother: Lillian E SPENCER

RANK

S/Sergeant

FONCTION

Gunner

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

-

OHIO

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

-

SQUADRON

350^th Bomb Squadron

GROUP

100^th Bomb Group

ARMY

8^th Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

25 february 1944

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STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Sangatte (62)

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type F - s/n 42-30788

b17

Macr: 2760

Mission: Regensburg (All)

Take Off : Station 139 Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk UK

Shot by flak à 14h06 and by hunters

Part of the crew was killed or injured during the attacks

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville

Map Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
A	18	14

DECORATION

Air Medal + 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

usaf

8AIRFORCE

100bg

350bs

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Stele in memory of Lawrence BENNETT

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type F - s/n 42-30788
1^st Lieutenant	Stewart A Mc CLAIN	Pilot	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2^nd Lieutenant	John D Jr Mc BRIDE	CoPilot	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer
2^nd Lieutenant	Philip MORDKOWITZ	Navigator	Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)
2^nd Lieutenant	Homer Edward GLASCO	Bomber	Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)
T/Sergeant	Samuel H Jr KUNTZ	Radio/Gunner	Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)
T/Sergeant	Angelo E FERNANDEZ	Mecanic/Gunner	Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)
T/Sergeant	Claude Peter ZUKOWSKI	Gunner	Prisoner
S/Sergeant	George KNUDSEN	Gunner	Dead Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg)
S/Sergeant	William Leslie COOK	Gunner	Prisoner - Stalag Luft IV
S/Sergeant	Lawrence H BENNETT	Gunner	Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

B17 Crew pictures N ° 42-30788

SOURCES INFORMATION & IMAGES

ABMC - Ardennes Cemetery (Findagrave)

Frédéric LAVERNHE - JF PELLOUAIS

INFORMATION SOURCES	Francecrashes39-45.net
PICTURE SOURCE	Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMER	Frédéric & Renaud

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