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Personal info

Full name
SHANNON, Lucian Glenmore
Date of birth
1 March 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota
Hometown
Beltrami, Polk County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37169159
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
546th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1944
Place of death
Schlei River, near Ulsnis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 34 44

Immediate family

Members
Katherine E. Shannon (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-31740
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Marienburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft industry
MACR: 3653

More information

The airplane was hit by flak at 1546 hrs. The left wing root was on fire, and it was seen circling under control. Apparently, all ten crew members managed to bail out.

The pilot stated the following after the war: "When the plane was hit, it was in such bad condition that I immediately ordered all members of the crew to bail out. The radio was out, so I had to use the alarm bell. The bomb bay was burning badly from a hit on the oxygen line, and it was impossible for me to get through to clear the ship. So I rang the alarm bell again and left the plane."

Nine crew members were taken prisoner. T/Sgt Shannon was the only casualty. Surviving crew members were told by German civilians that one of their comrades had drowned.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Tony B, www.wwiimemorial.com – Kelliher School, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com, http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/5867

Photo source: Jac Engels, http://www.384thbombgroup.com/, www.findagrave.com - Nicholas