Hoy Clyde Bonnett Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 53641 - 1st Lt Hoy Clyde Bonnett Jr, 322BG.
Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ray-Sur-Authie, FR 29-Feb-44; hit by flak stbd engine feathered dropped out of formation salvoed bombs, Crashed Abbeville, FR Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2455
Awards: DFC, AM (6OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![B-26 Marauders, including (serial number 41-34959, SS-O), of the 451st Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group line up for take off, 11 November 1943. Passed for publication 11 Nov 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '63.' On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413264.jpg.webp?itok=Ml213CQs)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 15096863 / O-671919
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17105972
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Denalis Cheechakoo
- Unit: 322nd Bomb Group 451st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Great Saling
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Magdalena, NM | 18 February 1918 | Son of Hoy Clyde Sr and Minne M Bonnett. |
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Enlisted |
16 January 1942 | ||
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Other Promotion |
Andrews Field, UK | 1 October 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Abbeville, France | 29 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ray-Sur-Authie, FR 29-Feb-44 in B-26 41-34856; crashed Abbeville, FR KIA MACR 2455 |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) (?) |
Andrews Field | 29 February 2044 | Assigned to 451BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Other Pilot training |
Advanced pilot training, Chickassa, Randolph Field Foster Field, ? | ||
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Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville Sur Mer, FR Plot B Row 12 Grave 28 |
Revisions
My uncle, James Jay Ley, flew with Bonnet, and letters from his wife to my grandmother after they went MIA confirmed that his nickname was Bonnie. https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell:jimmy-ley
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84762342-hoy-c-bonnett-jr
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56642506/hoy-c-bonnett
451 BS Assoc, B-26 memorials guide / 9th Air Force Roll of Honor (IWM in liaison with Ninth Air Force veterans and group associations, American Battle Monuments Commission, and Buddies of the Ninth Association)
