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Personal info

Full name
LORD, Bernard Howard Jr
Date of birth
28 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
La Grange, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-817476
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
563rd Bombardment Squadron,
388th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
Merseburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 8 11

Immediate family

Members
Bernard H. Lord (father)
Lucille M. (Garry) Lord (mother)
Donald G. Lord (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102953
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Sky Anne
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Leuna oil refinery
MACR: 9380

More information

1st Lt Bernard H. Lord graduated from Washburn High School. He had been employed at Continental Can Company.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 30 September 1942.

His brother, Pfc Donald Lord also served in Europe.

Over the target and after the bombs were dropped, this airplane was hit by flak in the nose section and started evasive action, lost altitude and in a right turn cut in on his right wing plane, #43-38404. This airplane was out of formation at that moment and was trying to get back in. The tail of #42-102953 was cut off and the left wing of #43-38404 was damaged with #1 engine being knocked out. This airplane went into a spin, cutting off the wings.

From the crew of this airplane, two crew members survived and were taken prisoner. Seven men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star