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Werneth Harry W.

Name:
Harry W. Werneth
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
13045228
Unit:
407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-04-30
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France
Plot:
B
Row:
24
Grave:
21
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:

Harry W. Werneth was born in 1923 in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Harry Charles Werneth. He resided in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 19, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Laundress and also as Single, without dependents.

Harry W. served in the 407th Bomber Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and Ball Turret Gunner on the B-17 #42-107012 during World War II.

On April 30, 1944, at 06:00h, his crew took off from Station 109 airfield in Podington, England, on a bombing mission to Lyon-Bron airfield in France. At 04:48 PM, their plane was shot down by six enemy fighters which knocked out the oxygen, completely destroyed the electrical system, and caused severe damage to the cockpit. The warning system was also knocked out, then the crew was advised to bail out. The plane crashed at a place called La Vacherie Le Luet in the commune of Neuvy-en-Sullias in France. Three crew members were able to bail out, but those who didn't make it perished in the incident (including Sgt Werneth). Of the three survivors, two were captured by the Germans; the remaining one evaded the capture.

Sgt Werneth is now buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France.

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