Gnesin Harold M.

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Harold M. Gnesin is honored on the following 4 monument(s) in our database:

B-17 (42-102463) Memorial Plaque- 398th Bomber Group

2nd Lt Harold M. Gnessin Memorial Stone-398th Bomber Group

398th Bomber Group Memorial Stained Glass Window

Lt Aviator Harold Gnessin Cenotaph

Name:

Harold M. Gnesin

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-703035

Unit:

602nd Bomber Squadron, 398th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1944-06-25

State:

Mississippi

Cemetery:

Long Island National Cemetery, New York

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

16141

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

2nd Lt Harold M. Gnesin, navigator of the B-17 42-102463 �Triangle W�, took off from station 131 Nuthampstead, Hertfordshire, UK on a bombing mission to Toulouse. The plane was hit by flak and bailed out at 0915. Only Gnesin did not make it out. His body was originally buried in Cornebarrieu. His surname is spelled as "Gnesin" on his headstone.