Lawrence Burnhardt Hoveland

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39917.jpeg UPL 39917 B-17 42-5829 'Flying Jenny' 525BS, 379BG - Lt Hoveland crew.

Rear L-R: 1Lt Lawrence B Hoveland, Unkn, Lt David L Williams, Unkn, Lt William E Johnston.

Front L-R: Unkn, Unkn, Tech Sgt Stan Williams, Unkn, Unkn.

Added Tech Sgt Stan Williams to Flying Jenny Crew Photograph.

Object Number - UPL 39917 - B-17 42-5829 'Flying Jenny' 525BS, 379BG - Lt Hoveland crew. Rear L-R: 1Lt Lawrence B Hoveland, Unkn, Lt David L Williams, Unkn, Lt William E...

Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 14 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Liege, Belgium. Shot down 30-Jul-43 in B-17 'Flying Jenny' 42-5829. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1361



Awards: AM, PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20367119
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39829254
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671319
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36328798
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Seattle, King County, WA 9 May 1917 Son of Erling Henry and Marie M [Lawrence] Hoveland. NoK wife Bernice E Hoveland.

Enlisted

Seattle, WA 12 December 1941 Seattle, Washington

Died

Liege, Belgium 30 July 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Liege, Belgium. Shot down 30-Jul-43 in B-17 'Flying Jenny' 42-5829. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1361

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Kimbolton 30 July 1943 Assigned to 525BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Antwerp, Belgium Interred Antwerp cemetery

Buried

Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, WA Re-Interred Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park Seattle, King County, WA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1361 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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