Lawrence C Putgenter

Military
media-26920.jpeg UPL 26920 Tech Sergeant Larry Putgenter at Atlantic City after completing military service overseas.

Object Number - UPL 26920 - Tech Sergeant Larry Putgenter at Atlantic City after completing military service overseas.

Larry Putgenter served a flight engineer/top turret gunner with the 714th Bomb Squadron of the 448th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Seething, England.

He joined the Squadron on 1 January 1944 and went on to complete 31 missions over Europe. He took part in first large-scale daylight bombing raid over Berlin on 6 March 1944, so-called 'Black Monday' because of the losses suffered by the USAAF.



After the war, Larry returned to work for Heer Bros, Mechanical, a mechanical contracting firm, and was steadily promoted, eventually becoming the president of the company. He married Catherine Morris, and together they raised three children.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Catonsville, MD, USA 22 December 1921 One of ten children, he was the oldest son of Joseph and Loretta (O'Conner) Putgenter.

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 8 September 1942

Died

17 August 2016

Buried

7250 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD 21075, USA At Meadowridge Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

448th Bomb Group records: http://willisrowe.com/DownloadableFiles/ROWE%20CREW.pdf

Obituary published 24 August 2016 in the Carroll County Times.
Findagrave record: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=173833220

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