Walter J Lennous

Military

Shot up by flak over the target and exploded and crashed near Uitgeest, Holland on return from a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31115 'Hell's Bells'. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31115

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Belles
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War

Hollland 10 February 1944

Born

Youngstown, Ohio, USA

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https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-LEN04-01&…;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176047071/walter-j-lennous;
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=all&t…

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2348 / MACR 2348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database