Loren Clifford Van Steenis
Military
Photo courtesy of Beadel Family Tree
Ancestry.com
Object Number - UPL 50286 - Loren Van Steenis, 100BG, Pilot "Hard Luck" Photo courtesy of Beadel Family Tree
Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Flew B-17 "Hard Luck" and 'Hard Luck II'. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- 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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682134
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31167562
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31082928
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12151842
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Pella, Mahaska County, IA | 19 August 1915 | Son of William A and Martha [Van Brogan] Van Steenis. |
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Enlisted |
28 May 1941 | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
18 June 1947 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
5 August 1947 | Joined USAF reserves. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
12 May 1952 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Hartselle, Alabama | 17 December 1984 | |
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Buried |
Mount Tabor Cemetery, Hartselle, AL | 20 December 1984 | Mount Tabor Cemetery, Hartselle, Alabama |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 7 May 1944 | Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/648388221
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https://www.fold3.com/record/64224943/loren-van-steenis-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/627232983/loren-van-steenis-1915-veterans-…
https://100thbg.com/index.php?option=com_bombgrp&view=personnel&Itemid=…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34362230/loren-c.-van_steenis
Added an association to the A/C #42-3413 listed in the A/C "description section".
Added an association to the 100th BG listed in the A/C #42-3413 "description section".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp
