Name:
Raymond Lawrence Jr. Heironimus
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-817437
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1994-02-28
State:
District of Columbia
Cemetery:
Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
Plot:
Section E-B2
Row:
1
Grave:
Site 4
Decoration:
Comments:
Pilot on the B-17 bomber OMBREE AGO from the 100th Bomber group took off from Thorp Abbots and bombed an oil refinery on the Czech boarder. During this mission, eleven Flying Fortresses were shot down by the Luftwaffe above Ruhland. The Ombree Ago was damaged and the radio operator jumped and became a prisoner of war. Another was injured and Flying at low altitude the bomber crash landed in Chamvres. Heironimus survived the crash and escaped back to England.