Louis Joseph Koren
Military
Personal photograph collection
Object Number - UPL 68653 - Louis Joseph Koren, Circa 1944
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. T/Sgt Koren managed to evade for a time, being helped by the Underground. Like his crewmates Lee McDonald and Fred Huebner, he was helped by local Resistance leader Georges POIRIER in Charleville-Mézières, France. T/Sgt Koren's name appears on a list of Allied airmen helped by the "Ligne Dragon" in Willerzie, Belgium, near the French border. He and the others were captured later in a wave of arrests. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-186678
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-682184
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36352676
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wyoming, United States | 25 June 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States | 17 September 1942 | Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Died |
Chesterland, Ohio, United States | 14 June 2001 | |
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Other POW - Prisoner of War |
30 June 1945 | Evaded capture until his arrest in the North of France, after having been turned in by a Frenchman, probably at the beginning of March 1944. NARA WW II POW database : "Stalag XVIIB near Krems, Austria. Returned to Allied military control 30/6/45". |
Revisions
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 2378
Research on biographies of crew
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2378, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Heath pg 90
