Irving Kenneth Lutes Dudley

Military

Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Reported to group on 21-Jul-44. While flying as co-pilot on Young Newsom crew, shot down by flak and crashed at Rotenkirchen on16-Aug-44 in B-17 42-97365 'Zamro'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7901

Mission List: Merseburg, Dollbergen, Caen, Chamant, Halle.

Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

369th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

George Coker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 3471415
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Jacob Galyath

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37292551
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

William H Goetz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-818679
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Charles William Greeninger

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13155274 / O-771917
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

William A Gregory

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-771919
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-102975

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Verna e
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

42-97365

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Zamro
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Ten men in Air Force combat flying gear posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

42-97986

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag VII-A

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Seattle, Washington	16 December 1915	BornSeattle, Washington
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW)	Stalag VIIa, Moosburg, Austria	16 August 1944 - 1 May 1945	Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag VIIa, Moosburg, Austria
Died		31 August 1983
Buried	Riverside National Cemetery Riverside, California	2 September 1983	InterredRiverside National CemeteryRiverside, California

Revisions

Date7 Jan 2024 15:32:44

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3806443/irving-l-dudley

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:31

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7901 / MACR 7901, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 268, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…