Jack Lynn Tennant
Military
Object Number - UPL 60211 - 2nd Lt Jack L. Tennant
Assigned to 512BS, 376BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neustadt, Austria 2-Nov-43 in B-24 42-73084 'Ropes McGonigle' Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 'Ropes McGonigle'
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oklahoma | 27 May 1915 | Born Oklahoma |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 16 September 1940 | Enlisted Oklahoma City Oklahoma |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft I, Barth Germany | 21 January 1943 - 1 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I |
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Died |
Travis Air Force Base, California | 22 January 1980 | Died Travis Air Force Base, Solano County, California, USA |
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Buried |
Cherokee Memorial Park, California | Interred Cherokee Memorial Park Lodi, San Joaquin County, California |
