Morris Burney

Military
media-37244.jpeg UPL 37244 2LT Morris Burney
Navigator
Jonas Latwaitis Crew
485th BG - 829th BS - 15th AF
Shot down 9 June 1944 POW

Object Number - UPL 37244 - 2LT Morris Burney Navigator Jonas Latwaitis Crew 485th BG - 829th BS - 15th AF Shot down 9 June 1944 POW

Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-41068) of the 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Yellow? 44-41068.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Guymon, Oklahoma 5 August 1922

Enlisted

Houston, Texas 11 April 1942

Other

485th BG Combat Tour

Venosa, Italy 10 May 1944 - 9 June 1944

Other

Shot Down/Captured

Thal, Austria 9 June 1944

Died

Wichita, Kansas 1 December 1999

Buried

Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, OK 6 December 1999 Elmhurst Cemetery Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map Plot In the section between 500 St. & 600 St. and between C St. & D St.

Revisions

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Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

This is How It Was - The History of the 485th BG

Morris Burney: Gallery (2 items)