Raymond Charles Koorenny
MilitaryRaymond Koorenny was Co-Pilot on board of B-17G #42-31191 'Virginia Lee' on the 27 March 1943 mission to Bordeaux/Merignac airfield. Hit by German fighters, crash-landed on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France. Left the Fortress on foot and was captured soon after landing together with Pilot Richard Gaskell. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11021237 at enlistment, then O-806253
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18016065 at enlistment, then O-755011
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37652344
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38274314
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15117473
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Virginia Lee
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
15 May 1921 | Ryder, North Dakota | |
Enlisted |
3 September 1942 | in Spokane, Washington | |
Other captured |
27 March 1944 | in the vicinity of Laruau, Gironde, France | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
27 March 1944 | interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Liberated. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control on 31 May 1945." | |
Died |
28 July 2008 | Huntsville, Texas | |
College Place, Walla Walla County, Washington | |||
Buried |
Raymond Koorenny rests at the Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas |
Revisions
Raymond Koorenny was my uncle. He had an Air Force career beyond the war, and retired at 20 years of service.
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Cards
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3546, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces