Monuments
Saint Meloir des Ondes Liberation Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Monument
B-17 42-29710 'Hell Below' Info Sign
Name:
Jack Blease Workman
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-791179
Unit:
41st Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Pilot of B-17 “Hell’s Below” that took off from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK on 29 May 1943 to bomb Rennes, France. The plane was shot down at 1634 by flak and German fighters. LT Workman survived the crash and was taken prisoner at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan-Silesia. He was from Newberry, South Carolina and a graduate of the Citadel.