Alfredo Lujan

Military

B-17G #42-31490 collided with another aircraft on the return from a mission to Frankfurt on 24 Mar 1944 and was forced to make an emergency landing SSW of Lille, FR where the crew set fire to the a/c. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3538 / MACR 3538, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database