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Junior's Crew

"Junior" (SN 41-24352), a B-17 w/ the 301st Bombardment Grp (H), 352nd Sqdn, hit by flak & exploded 03/22/1943 after a bombing run on Sicily's Palermo Docks. Of the 9 crew members, 3 survived when they were blown free of the plane, but were taken POW. They were: 1st Lt Emmet E Cook, Bombadier; Sgt Jimmie G McLaughlin, Waist Gunner; S/Sgt Douglas J Upton, Top Turret Gunner. The 6 who died: 1st Lt. James M Hair, Pilot; 1st Lt. Lonnie L Miers, Co-Pilot (my uncle); 1st Lt Alexander Yonych, Navigator; T/Sgt Louis F Patriquin, Upper Turret Gunner; S/Sgt Andrew Seman, Lower Turret Gunner; Sgt Ervin E. Byrnes, Radio Operator. All are now dead. Some,I have been able to find here, others, not. This is their reunion.

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SGT Ervin E Byrnes

4 Jan 1919 – 23 Mar 1943

San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA

Plot info: N, 452

Emmet E Cook Sr.

5 Mar 1918 – 15 Jul 2007

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA

Plot info: Section JJ, Site 200

1LT James M. Hair

28 Nov 1918 – 22 Mar 1943

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA

Plot info: G, 108

Sgt Jimmie Glen “Hane” McLaughlin

26 Apr 1921 – 8 Jul 1996

Twin Bridges, Madison County, Montana, USA

1LT Lonnie Lincoln Miers Jr.

1 May 1920 – 22 Mar 1943

San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA

Plot info: Section G Site 108

Sgt Louis F Patriquin

1908 – 22 Mar 1943

Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy

Plot info: Plot E Row 2 Grave 29

Douglas James Upton

21 Feb 1921 – 6 Apr 2003

Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA

Plot info: section 55A site 1603

No grave photo

Alexander “Al” Yonych Sr.

20 Mar 1917 – 31 Oct 2010

Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

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