Frederick Phillip Huebner

Military

On mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944, B-17G 42-31436 collided with another B-17 (41-31151 of 96th BG/337th BS) and crashed near Monthermé, France. Managed to evade for a time, being helped by the Underground. Like his crewmates Lee McDonald and Louis Koren, Fred Huebner was helped by local Resistance leader Georges POIRIER in Charleville-Mézières, France. He and the others were captured later, probably in early March 1944, in a wave of arrests. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert Cuyler Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-732504
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Henry LeRoy Hammond

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-186678
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Louis Joseph Koren, Circa 1943-44

Louis Joseph Koren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13084328
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Matthew Stanley Kwasny

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36352676
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Noel Ferdinand LaMarche

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31145281
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-31436

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

POW - Prisoner of War

Żagań, Poland 4 June 1945 NARA WW II POW database : "Stalag Luft 3 Sagan / Zagan, Poland. Returned to Allied military control 4/6/45".
Harris County, Texas, United States

Died

Listed as "DNB" (Died Non Battle) at the Harris County, Texas, WW II Casualties database

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with details from duplicate record (Frederick P Heubner - incorrect spelling) to include information from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2378 / MACR 2378, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Falcons, page 98 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 2378
Research on biographies of crew
Mention of death at http://media.nara.gov/media/images/29/19/29-1883a.gif