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Paul H Flynn Jr

Military

  • B-24 41-28853 783BS, 465BG, 15AF [ pilot Clarence J Lokker ]. Lead plane on mission to bomb oil refinery in Blechammer, hit by flak in bomb bay. 20th November 1944. 5 x POW, 6 x KIA. MACR 9889. Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK

    B-24 41-28853 783BS, 465BG, 15AF [ pilot Clarence J Lokker ]. Lead plane on mission to bomb oil refinery in Blechammer, hit by flak in bomb bay. 20th November 1944. 5 x POW, 6 x KIA. MACR 9889. Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK

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Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was engulfed in the ensuing fireball. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889.

Awards: PH.

Service

People

  • Clarence Lokker

    Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Squadron Commander - Command Pilot | 465th Bomb Group
    Clarence Jack Lokker has answered that last call, and now stands on the “Plains of Valhalla” with others of that “long gray line” who await us all. ...

Units served with

  • 15th Air Force

    15th Air Force


    The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force. ...

  • 465th Bomb Group

    465th Bomb Group

    Group
    It was constituted as the 465th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 19 May 1943 ...

  • 783rd Bomb Squadron

    783rd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date
Born Southington, CT, USA 22 November 1925

Son of Paul H Flynn Snr.
Lived in Connecticut, USA 1941
Based Pantanella 1943 – 20 November 1944

Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF.
Enlisted Devens, MA, USA 20 December 1943

Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Died Blechhammer, 92439 Bodenwöhr, Germany 20 November 1944

Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was engulfed in the ensuing fireball. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889.
Buried Southington, CT, USA 1948

Re-Interred
Saint Thomas Cemetery
Southington
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
11138741
Highest rank
Sergeant
Role/job
Tail Gunner
Awards
  • Purple Heart

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
05 December 2016 12:43:23 Al_Skiff Changes to events
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28853&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/139183222
https://www.fold3.com/page/83458791_paul_h%20flynn%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/319640003/?terms=Paul%20H%20Flynn
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146922638
Bombing Europe: The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force by Kevin H Mahoney
Date Contributor Update
05 December 2016 12:42:31 Al_Skiff Changes to role and biography
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28853&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/139183222
https://www.fold3.com/page/83458791_paul_h%20flynn%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/319640003/?terms=Paul%20H%20Flynn
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146922638
Bombing Europe: The Illustrated Exploits of the Fifteenth Air Force by Kevin H Mahoney
Date Contributor Update
05 December 2016 12:26:58 Al_Skiff Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, suffix, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28853&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/139183222
https://www.fold3.com/page/83458791_paul_h%20flynn%20jr/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/319640003/?terms=Paul%20H%20Flynn
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146922638

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