Joseph Herman Koenig

Military

Joseph Koenig was Radio Operator/Gunner on board of B-17G #42-31191 'Virginia Lee' on the 27 March 1943 mission to Bordeaux/Merignac airfield. Hit by German fighters, crash-landed on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France. Made Prisoner of War (POW)

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Thomas Andrew Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19124303
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Glenn Clark Underwood

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17164737
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Wilbur Edward Volz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36448133
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Raymond Leo Walsh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-704623
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Halbur, Iowa, USA 14 August 1922

Enlisted

26 December 1942 Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa

Other

left the aircraft on foot

27 March 1944 on the beach at Le Porge-Océan, near Laruau (Gironde), France, after the crash-landing there of B-17 # 42-31191

Other

Captured

27 March 1944 on the beach at Le Porge-Océan

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 March 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. Liberated after forced-march. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 24 May 1945."

Died

3 February 2016
Carroll County, Iowa

Buried

Joseph Koenig rests at the Cedar Memorial Park in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Cards
SSDI Death Index

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3546 / MACR 3546, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database