Lamansky Joseph John

Monuments

Name:

Joseph John Lamansky

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-744071

Unit:

711th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group

Date of Death:

1943-12-30

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoz�, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Purple Heart

Comments:

Navigator of the B-17 �Maid to Please�. Took off from Rattlesden in the UK to bomb factories in Ludwigshafen. Shot down by German fighters over Coudray Farm (between Berville andHenonville, France) at 1309 on December 30, 1943. LT Lamansky was killed by flak as the plane was still flying. Son of Harry G. Lamansky of East Pleasant Plain, Iowa.