Warner E Renner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down on 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24566 'Zombie', 303BG/359BS while serving as Left Waist Gunner on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15593 Body found February 1, 1943 and taken for burial to Les-Vertus Cemetery. Paritcipated in 4 Operation (1 was aborted) See Biography events..

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24566

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Zombie
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned to Aircraft

Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA 23 June 1942 Assigned as a Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Other

Arrived in UK

Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 25 October 1942 Arrived as a Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS at Molesworth, UK.

Other

Mission #1 SSGT Warner E. Renner, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS

Saint-Nazaire, France 18 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #2 SSGT Warner E. Renner, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS

Lorient, France 22 November 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK.

Other

Mission #3 SSGT Warner E. Renner, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - Aborted

Rouen, France 12 December 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France, but mechanical filures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dieppe, France 20 December 1942 Killed when the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and crashed into the English Channel near Dieppe, France. His remains were washed ashore on 1-Feb-43.

Other

Mission #4 SSGT Warner E. Renner, w/B-17F 41-24566, 303BG/359BS - KIA

Romilly-sur-Seine, France 20 December 1942 Served as Left Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24566 "Zombie", 303BG/359BS on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France. The aircraft sustained heavy damage from fighters and AA fire and crashed into the English Channel on the return. All crew lost. KIA.

Buried

Les Vertus, 76550 Saint-Aubin-sur-Scie, France 2 February 1943 Buried at the Les-Vertus Cemetery near Dieppe, France. Exact grave location within the cemetery has not been determined.

Born

Camden, Indiana

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Monsur, Historain, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Monsur, Historain, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Monsur, Historain, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Monsur, Historain, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gayr Moncur, HIstorian, Orville C. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015 Added Assigned to Aircraft eent per 303BG website, Gayr Moncur, HIstorian, Orville C. Witt crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-359-witt.html

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Dec-2015. Edited Summary Biography and made connection to all mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, http://www.303rdbg.com/

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Combined two entries into a single entry. This record now includes information from the following source: MACR 15708 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACT 15708.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. Added crew position to biography and KIA event per MACR 15708, added Burial event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.; made connections to Place, Aircraft & mission within existing website data. reconciled DUPLICATE data from 'Project Bits & Pieces' with original ingest of data for this entry.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15708, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55