Entered the Service from: Kansas
360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Official Declaration of Death: February 16, 1944
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
James H. Lentz is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cherokee County, Kansas.
Crew-member on B-17F-1-DL Flying Fortress #42-2967 "Shak Hak". Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Brest Peninsula. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15116.
Entered the Service from: Kansas
360th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, Heavy
Official Declaration of Death: February 16, 1944
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
James H. Lentz is listed under Finding Of Death in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Cherokee County, Kansas.
Crew-member on B-17F-1-DL Flying Fortress #42-2967 "Shak Hak". Missing in Action 16-Feb-43 while on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea off the Brest Peninsula. 10KIA Missing Air Crew Report 15116.
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SSGT 360 BOMB SQ 303 BOMB GP (H) KANSAS
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