Name:
Francis E. Byrne
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
31124241
Unit:
324th Bomber Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-04-08
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Francis E. Byrne, belly gunner of the B-17 42-29537, took off from station 121 Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, UK on a bombing mission over the Rouen train junction. They were shot down by German fighters. Byrne was the only crewmember reported to survive and become a Prisoner of War (POW). He died of his wounds on April 8, 1943 but his body was never recovered.