Radio Operator-Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6349.
Crashed, due to some type of mechanical failure, near Heydebreck, Germany (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland), while on a mission out of Sterparone Airfield, Foggia, Italy to strike the North Synthetic Oil Refinery at Blechhammer, Germany (Auschwitz, annexed Poland).
Nine crewmembers were killed. One bailed out and became a POW.
Missing Air Crew Report № 8448.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Joseph F Condraski, O-813360, MA, Pilot
2nd Lt. George C Layton, O-700868, NE, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin S Hershon, O-718309, MA, Navigator
S/Sgt. John J Delaney Jr, 42008062, NJ, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Thomas F Whisenhunt, 18010528, TX, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. Eugene B Rowland, 17097946, IA, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Andrew N Clancy, 37668840, IA, Asst. Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Kenneth E Jordan, 32159883, NY, Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Richard G McNerney, 19190500, CA, Armorer-Gunner
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He received the purple heart posthumously (was presented to his father, Orvel, while he was in the VA hospital in Lincoln, NE with TB.) The grave was moved from Belguim after the war to Zachary Taylor.
Crashed, due to some type of mechanical failure, near Heydebreck, Germany (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland), while on a mission out of Sterparone Airfield, Foggia, Italy to strike the North Synthetic Oil Refinery at Blechhammer, Germany (Auschwitz, annexed Poland).
Nine crewmembers were killed. One bailed out and became a POW.
Missing Air Crew Report № 8448.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Joseph F Condraski, O-813360, MA, Pilot
2nd Lt. George C Layton, O-700868, NE, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin S Hershon, O-718309, MA, Navigator
S/Sgt. John J Delaney Jr, 42008062, NJ, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Thomas F Whisenhunt, 18010528, TX, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. Eugene B Rowland, 17097946, IA, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Andrew N Clancy, 37668840, IA, Asst. Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Kenneth E Jordan, 32159883, NY, Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Richard G McNerney, 19190500, CA, Armorer-Gunner
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He received the purple heart posthumously (was presented to his father, Orvel, while he was in the VA hospital in Lincoln, NE with TB.) The grave was moved from Belguim after the war to Zachary Taylor.
Radio Operator-Gunner aboard B-17G Flying Fortress #44-6349.
Crashed, due to some type of mechanical failure, near Heydebreck, Germany (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland), while on a mission out of Sterparone Airfield, Foggia, Italy to strike the North Synthetic Oil Refinery at Blechhammer, Germany (Auschwitz, annexed Poland).
Nine crewmembers were killed. One bailed out and became a POW.
Missing Air Crew Report № 8448.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Joseph F Condraski, O-813360, MA, Pilot
2nd Lt. George C Layton, O-700868, NE, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin S Hershon, O-718309, MA, Navigator
S/Sgt. John J Delaney Jr, 42008062, NJ, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Thomas F Whisenhunt, 18010528, TX, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. Eugene B Rowland, 17097946, IA, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Andrew N Clancy, 37668840, IA, Asst. Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Kenneth E Jordan, 32159883, NY, Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Richard G McNerney, 19190500, CA, Armorer-Gunner
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He received the purple heart posthumously (was presented to his father, Orvel, while he was in the VA hospital in Lincoln, NE with TB.) The grave was moved from Belguim after the war to Zachary Taylor.
Crashed, due to some type of mechanical failure, near Heydebreck, Germany (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland), while on a mission out of Sterparone Airfield, Foggia, Italy to strike the North Synthetic Oil Refinery at Blechhammer, Germany (Auschwitz, annexed Poland).
Nine crewmembers were killed. One bailed out and became a POW.
Missing Air Crew Report № 8448.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Joseph F Condraski, O-813360, MA, Pilot
2nd Lt. George C Layton, O-700868, NE, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Melvin S Hershon, O-718309, MA, Navigator
S/Sgt. John J Delaney Jr, 42008062, NJ, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Thomas F Whisenhunt, 18010528, TX, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
T/Sgt. Eugene B Rowland, 17097946, IA, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Andrew N Clancy, 37668840, IA, Asst. Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. Kenneth E Jordan, 32159883, NY, Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Richard G McNerney, 19190500, CA, Armorer-Gunner
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He received the purple heart posthumously (was presented to his father, Orvel, while he was in the VA hospital in Lincoln, NE with TB.) The grave was moved from Belguim after the war to Zachary Taylor.
Inscription
TSGT, 840 AAF BOMB SQ, 483 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Burial on November 30, 1950.
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Records on Ancestry
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1940 United States Federal Census
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Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959
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Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940
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