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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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32456949
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679057
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39134433 at enlistment, then O-729323
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11085076
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16084794
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Excaliburs revenge
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

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

Enlisted

4 August 1942 Ft Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

Other

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

initially buried at Viroflay, France

Buried

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