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Personal info

Full name
LENTZ, Richard Thomas
Date of birth
21 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-822495
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
512th Bombardment Squadron,
376th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
unknown
Date of death
17 October 1944
Place of death
Southwest of Laaer Berg, Vienna, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Lentz (father)
Eurene (Thomson) Lentz (mother)
James E. Lentz (brother)
Jean I. Lentz (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-51401
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Vienna, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the Vienna Motor Works
MACR: 12262

More information

2nd Lt Richard T. Lentz attended college for one year before he joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve in La Fayette, Indiana on 10 December 1942.

Crew members of other planes in the group saw this airplane peel to the right just after the bomb run. #2 engine was on fire and #3 and #4 engines were smoking badly.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, http://aircrewremembered.com

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Indianapolis News Indiana - 4 November 1944 / 20 February 1944, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Indianapolis Indiana