Livesay Bennie Edward

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Name:

Bennie Edward Livesay

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

19175377

Unit:

332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

2007-09-03

State:

California

Cemetery:

Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Ventura County, California

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Bennie Edward Livesay was born on September 24, 1923. He was married to Ester Lee Livesay.

Bennie served in the 332nd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Left Waist Gunner on the B-17 #42-30444 'Ramrod Ramsbottom/Black Jack IV' during World War II.

On January 5, 1944, his crew took off from Station 468 airfield in Bury St Edmunds, England, for a mission to bomb the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield in France. Shot down by Me109 fighters at around 1:50 PM, they evacuated their plane by parachute. Their aircraft crashed in the Hourtin Lake, District of Lesparre-Médoc, France. Of the crew, four members were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners, 5 evaded the capture, and one casualty. Sgt Livesay was one of the POWs. He was taken to Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf in Austria.

Sgt Livesay died on September 2007, at the age of 83. He is now buried in the Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula, Ventura County, California, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net