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Personal info

Full name
PENROD, Donald Eugene
Date of birth
27 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Bellefont, Ford County, Kansas
Hometown
Hess, Gray County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37514286
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Nose Gunner
Unit
778th Bombardment Squadron,
464th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 May 1944
Place of death
Near Rosenthal, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 28

Immediate family

Members
Clair H. Penrod (father)
Alta L. (Thorp) Penrod (mother)
Bettie Penrod (sister)
Robert L. Penrod (brother)
Wilma C. Penrod (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-64441
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Cherry/Iron Ass
Destination: Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft factory
MACR:4804

More information

Sgt Veriel R. McFall:
"At 12110 hours, 10 May 1944, I saw ship #42-64441 which was directly to the rear of my ship #41-29429. Flak hit the No 2 engine, which caught fire at once. Then #64441 rolled out of the formation and passed under it towards the left. Two parachutes jumped and both opened."

T/Sgt Kenneth L. Anderson:
"Parachute of Donald Penrod on fire when it opened at 23,000 feet."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cavett Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Eric Ackerman
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