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Herbert L. Armeny
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Flight Officer
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337th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
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New York
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Herbert L. Armeny, Jr. was the Navigator of the B-17 44-6612 that took off from Snetterton, England on Mission Number 242 for the 96th Bomb Group on a mission to bomb Mersberg, Germany. This was his third mission. The plane was hit by flak and made an emergency landing in the fields outside of Heufurt, Germany. Nine crew members were taken prisoner of war. All survived the incident and the war. (MACR 11196) Flight Officer Bell was born in the Bronx, NY, on 17 September 1923.