Hometown: Minnesota
Squadron: 720th BS 450th Bomb Group
Service #37293776
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Francis D. Layton MIA/KIA
Target: Vienna Austria
Date Lost: 24-May-44
Serial Number: # 41-28975
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: sankt Veit an der Gölsen, AUSTRIA
Cause:
The 41-28975 crew
1st/Lt. Francis D. Layton Pilot MIA/KIA
Harry F. Reed Co Pilot POW
Zelig Finkelstein Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Stanley Lewandowski Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. William Teunis Jr. Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Rodney L. Booker Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Franklin E. Pletcher Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles M. J. Trinnier Gunner KIA
Cpl. Frank Eugene Van Limburg Gunner KIA
Cpl. John Bendick Gunner KIA
Hometown: Minnesota
Squadron: 720th BS 450th Bomb Group
Service #37293776
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Francis D. Layton MIA/KIA
Target: Vienna Austria
Date Lost: 24-May-44
Serial Number: # 41-28975
Aircraft Model B-24H
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: sankt Veit an der Gölsen, AUSTRIA
Cause:
The 41-28975 crew
1st/Lt. Francis D. Layton Pilot MIA/KIA
Harry F. Reed Co Pilot POW
Zelig Finkelstein Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Stanley Lewandowski Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. William Teunis Jr. Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. Rodney L. Booker Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Franklin E. Pletcher Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Charles M. J. Trinnier Gunner KIA
Cpl. Frank Eugene Van Limburg Gunner KIA
Cpl. John Bendick Gunner KIA
Inscription
JOHN BENDICK
PENNSYLVANIA
CPL 450 AAF BOMB GROUP
WORLD WAR II
NOVEMBER 5 1913
MAY 24 1944
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