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PLANTE, Irenee Romeo - Date of
birth
22 January 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada -
Hometown
Sanford, York County, Maine
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31151432 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
26 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Rose A. (Valley) Knox (mother)
Marie A. Plante (sister)
Albert Plante (brother)
Hope R. Knox (half-sister)
John H. Knox (half-brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30608 -
Data
Type: B-17 F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386
More information
S/Sgt Irenee R. Plante enlisted in Portland, Maine, on 18 August 1942.The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
S/Sgt Plante is remembered at the Saint Ignatius Cemetery in Sanford, Maine.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, MACR, www.ancestry.com - Idaho Naturalization Record, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Frank Chesley