Name:
Walter James Lennous
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
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Unit:
562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1984-05-15
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Green Haven Memorial Gardens, Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
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Walter James Lennous was born on October 17, 1917. He served in the 562nd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Staff Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on the B-17G #42-31115 "Hell's Bells" during World War II. He survived the air crash on February 10, 1944, when the aircraft he was in was shot down by flak and crashed at Heemskerk near Uitgeest, The Netherlands.