Bernard Weiner
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; damaged by flak and fighters, crashed into sea, St Catherine’s Point, off Isle of Wight, UK. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872
Awards: AM, PH (OLC).
Connections
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801998
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD | 4 August 1942 | Baltimore, Maryland |
Died |
Off Isle of Wight | 31 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cognac, France in B-17 42-31064 'Hey Lou' 31-Dec-43; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1872 |
Buried |
Cambridge American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK | |
Born |
Kings, NY | Son of Sam and Sarah Wiener. | |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 31 December 1943 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a connection to 8th AF. Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography".
Added connections to the pilot, Donald H. Lawry, and the airbase, Deenethorpe.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1872,
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