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Bernard H. Swinburne

Flight Officer Air Force World War II

Air Force
Air Force
Branch of Service
Air Force
Rank
Flight Officer
Unit
Heavy Bomber
Conflict / Era
World War II
Date of Birth
05/19/1921
Date of Death
03/25/2011
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Awards & Decorations
Purple Heart, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, EAME; Purple Heart
Burial Location
Greenlawn Cemetery, Tiffin Ohio
Monument Paver
No
Overseas Service
Air Offensive Europe; Prisoner of War in Germany for 12 months
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Prisoner of War
When
04/28/1944
Where
Germany
Record Authenticated
Yes

Decorations

Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Purple Heart

Biography

Overseas service: Air Offensive Europe; Prisoner of War in Germany for 12 months. School: UNKNOWN. serial #T&001680; undefined camp of imprisonment; reported missing 4/28/1944; POW

Source: Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 4, p. 141;G.W. Claar; Esther Carmany; National Archives; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library | Ancestry - U.S. Obituary Collection, 1930-2017; WWII Prisoners of War, 1941-1946, JT News Item, Find A Grave