Lloyd Walter Krumrey

Military
media-50231.jpeg UPL 50231 Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany)
Courtesy of Dennis Lithander

Object Number - UPL 50231 - Aiken Crew "Bomber's Moon) and Lithander Crew (Pregnant Peggy) Memorial Plaque. (location: crash site in Germany) Courtesy of Dennis Lithander

Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9636.



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 489th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33638093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36656922
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Nose gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16073090 / O-705724
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Pregnant Peggy
  • Unit: 489th Bomb Group 847th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Elbow Lake, Minnesota, USA 12 October 1922 Son of Herman Frederick and Mabel Krumrey.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 9 September 1942 Los Angeles, California

Other

Baled out after mid air collision

Germany 19 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Mainz, Germany. Lost control due to propwash from lead aircraft and pancaked onto B-24 42-94903 'Bombers Moon', both A/C fell out of the sky. POW MACR 9636.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 19 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

11 January 2021

Buried

Seaside Memorial Park Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX 17 January 2021 Seaside Memorial Park Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
Grant County, MN, USA

Based

Halesworth 19 October 1944 Assigned to 847BS, 489BG, 8AF USAAF.

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AAM

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MACR 9636 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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