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Personal info

Full name
FEENEY, Larry Lufkin

Date of birth
25 November 1922

Age
22

Place of birth
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Hometown
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39466210

Rank
Technical Sergeant

Function
Radio Operator

Unit
67th Bombardment Squadron,
44th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action

Date of death
24 March 1945

Place of death
Area of Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten

Plot	Row	Grave
H	17	27

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Feeney (father)
Frances Mercy (Lufkin) Feeney (mother)
Phyllis P. Feeney (sister)
Norma (Dussey) Feeney (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-100314

Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Wesel, Germany
Mission: JAG Supply
MACR: 13601

More information

This aircraft was in number 11 position in the second squadron, high on the low lead squadron. The mission was JAG Supply at low altitude in the area 2.5 miles west-northwest of Wesel, Germany. At 1314 hours, after the supplies were dropped, aircraft 314 took a sudden climbing attitude, nose high and at the same time number one engine was observed smoking. The aircraft 314 then stalled out and nosed directly into the ground and exploded immediately.