Ernest Bonillas Serna
Military
Added nose art photo
Object Number - UPL 19010 - 42-29656 nose art
Ernest Serna was Right Waist Gunner on B-17F #42-29656 "Skunkface" of 91st Bomb Group / 322nd Bomb Squadron, shot down by fighters on a mission to Leipzig on 20 February 1944. Crashed NNW of Mons, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2460. Prisoner of War (POW). After his return to the US, he re-enlisted in Los Angeles, California as a Sergeant in the Air Corps on 17 April 1946. He was married to Felipa G. Serna.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13083837
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15354408
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19069446
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35743312
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
18 November 1911 | Solomonville, Arizona, United States | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland | 20 February 1944 | Captured immediately after landing in Belgium. Interned at Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 15 May 1945” |
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Died |
San Diego, California, United States | 25 November 1979 | |
| Van Nuys, California |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2460 / MACR 2460, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database