From the September 28, 2021, News Center Maine "Remains of Millinocket man, World War II vet, to be buried in Millinocket Cemetery" by Beth Brogan.
The remains of Ernest N. Vienneau will be buried in Millinocket on October 9, this year.
U.S. Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Ernest N. Vienneau was a pilot assigned to the 240th Bombardment Squadron, 97th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force, based in Amendola, Italy.
On November 6, 1944, when Vienneau was 25, he was co-piloting a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber over Maribor, Yugoslavia, now Slovenia, when it came under heavy fire and he was hit in the head by a piece of flak that penetrated the cockpit.
While he was being treated for the injury, his co-pilot attempted to fly the damaged B-17 back to base, but was forced to ditch off the coast of Vis Island, Croatia.
Ten crew members survived, but Vienneu's body was not recovered.
--GreGen
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