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Richard
A.
Fonteneau
POW (WWII)

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First Lieutenant Richard Fonteneau, B‑17 pilot with the 15th Air Force and the only Bennington boy to have been a prisoner in Romania after parachuting to safety when his bomber exploded, has received the Unit Presidential Citation for the raid over Ploesti.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    May 5, 1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 2169

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard A. Fonteneau (ASN: 0-807406), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his aircraft was shot down on or about May 5, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.