Lionel Naulty Sceurman
Military ROLL OF HONOURNewspaper clipping
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 9 x combat missions. Day before VE day. Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Utrecht, Netherlands in B-17 44-8640, despite "free passage guarantee", flak hit in engine and crashed into North Sea off Benacre Ness, when wing parted company with A/C, which cartwheeled into sea. Died non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38546130
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: On Board - Airborne Voice Interpreter
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32860644
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33652389 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17097723
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18121183
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Worry Bird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Better Duck
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 862nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Passion Wagon aka Victory Devils
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pocomoco
- Unit: 334th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Perth Amboy, NJ | 1 January 1921 | Son of Alfred Floyd and Mary A Sceurman. |
Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 18 May 1942 | Enlisted Air Corp Reserve Newark New Jersey, whilst at Bucknell University. Called to duty Feb-43. |
Died |
Off Benacre Ness | 7 May 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chowhound mission to Netherlands in B-17 44-8640; crashed into North Sea off Benacre Ness. |
Buried |
8 May 1945 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Buried |
Re-Interred Arlington National Cemetery Section 12 Site 1303 | ||
Based |
Horham | 7 May 1945 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5944
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49308897/lionel-naulty-sceurman
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / No MACR issued happened in English Channel