Larry Lufkin Feeney

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-54728.jpeg UPL 54728 T/Sgt Larry Lufkin Feeney, 44BG.

Object Number - UPL 54728 - T/Sgt Larry Lufkin Feeney, 44BG.

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Crandell crew. On mission to Munich on 1-Mar-45, encountered heavier than forecast headwinds on return. Baled out vicinity St Quentin, France. RTD. Failed to Return (FTR) Wesel in B-24 42-100314 'Kay Bar' 24-Mar-45 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13601



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16153522 / O-720197
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Kay Bar
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Spokane, Washington, USA 25 November 1922 Son of Frank E and Frances Mercy [Lufkin] Feeney.

Enlisted

Spokane, WA 26 June 1943 Spokane, Washington

Died

Wesel, Germany 24 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Wesel in B-24 42-100314 'Kay Bar' 24-Mar-45 Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 13601

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Shipdham 24 March 1945 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot H Row 17 Grave 27
Syracuse, NY NoK: Wife Norma D Feeney.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13601 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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