Name:
Raymond S. Delbart
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O1995744
Unit:
398th Bomber Group, 601st Bomber Squadron
Date of Death:
1968-02-01
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Valley View Memorial Park, Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA
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Decoration:
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Bombadier of the B-17 Flying Fortress 42-102516, shot down over Flamanville on 13 August 1944. The plane took off from Air Base 131 Nuthampstead in the UK to attack troops on the ground in Le Manoir. They were shot down by flak at 1320. The entire crew survived the crash. LT Delbart was taken prisoner and held at the Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang.