Lonnie Austin Turner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 15 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3437. Killed in Action (KIA).

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James Vernon Richardson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20360907 at enlistment, then O-795829
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Rodolphe Henry Richer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31128306
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner

Joseph Harding Scarano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13048059
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Elmer Leon Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34173832 at enlistment, then O-801097
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Born

Johnston, South Carolina, USA 29 May 1921 Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina

Enlisted

4 August 1942 Ft Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

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Killed in Action (KIA)

France 15 September 1943 in the crash of B-17 # 42-3437, near St Germain-en-Laye, France
Trenton, South Carolina

Buried/ Commemorated

initially buried at Viroflay, France

Buried/ Commemorated

after the war his remains were transferred to St Avold, where he rests at Plot K, Row 19, Grave 32

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ABMC website

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WWII Draft card
ABMC website

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NARA WWII Enlistment records

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MACR 726

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 726 / MACR 726; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database