Rudyard Lennox Courtenay
MilitaryAssigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. A/C B-26 42-95865 tail shot off by fighters, went down out of control. 2nd crew member to bale out and died of his wounds. Killed in Action (KIA). 23-Dec-44 MACR 11664.
Awards: PH.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18015066 / O-424095
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Skyhag
- Unit: 391st Bomb Group 574th Bomb Squadron 575th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Luxembourg American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Matching Green
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Watertown, NY 13601, USA | 13 November 1922 | Son of Charles R and Bessie May [Lennox] Courtenay. |
Enlisted |
Plattsburgh Air Force Base, 426 Us Oval St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA | 3 September 1942 | Plattsburgh, New York |
Died |
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany | 23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Ahrweiler, Germany. A/C B-26 42-95865 tail shot off by fighters, went down out of control. KIA. 23-Dec-44 MACR 11664. |
New York, NY, USA | |||
Based |
Matching | 23 December 1944 | Assigned to 574BS, 391BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Buried |
Brookside Cemetery Watertown NY | Re-Interred Brookside Cemetery Watertown New York. |
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Sources
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