Name:
Ruel Kenneth Boone
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
6923409
Unit:
330th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-02-11
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
D
Row:
20
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Comments:
SSgt Ruel Kenneth Boone, right waist gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-63978 “Lonesome Polecat”, took off from station 104 in Hardwick, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over Siracourt’s rocket installations. They were shot down by flak at 0954, crushing two civilians and killing all aboard.