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2LT John Henry Penning

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2LT John Henry Penning

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
24 May 1944 (aged 23)
Siegenfeld, Baden Bezirk, Lower Austria, Austria
Burial
Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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John Henry Penning was the son of James T. and Anita (Carder) Penning. He graduated from Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts, in 1938. He enlisted in the Army and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Per his obituary, he "died over the skies of Austria." It took 5 long years for him to be brought home and laid to rest.

24-May-44
Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
Serial : # 42-67446
Penning, John H.
O-744747
49FS /14FG / 15AF / E. T. O.
MIA/Rtn
Location, Vicinity Of Friedberg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Lost over Austria Last seen during combat with E/A approx. 60 miles south of Weiner Neustadt, Austria, returned
John Henry Penning was the son of James T. and Anita (Carder) Penning. He graduated from Sharon High School in Sharon, Massachusetts, in 1938. He enlisted in the Army and achieved the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Per his obituary, he "died over the skies of Austria." It took 5 long years for him to be brought home and laid to rest.

24-May-44
Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning
Serial : # 42-67446
Penning, John H.
O-744747
49FS /14FG / 15AF / E. T. O.
MIA/Rtn
Location, Vicinity Of Friedberg, Austria, Point Of Departure, Triolo, Italy. Lost over Austria Last seen during combat with E/A approx. 60 miles south of Weiner Neustadt, Austria, returned

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John H Penning
Massachusetts
2D LT 15 US AIR FORCE
WORLD WAR II

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