Marvin Bennett Lander

Military

Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11346.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

People

Norman J Palme

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32215006
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Joseph Philippone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

William F Schmid

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-005472
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Peaneck, New Jersey, USA 14 November 1923

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 13 December 1942 Columbus, Ohio

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I

Other

Shot down

54459 Wiltingen, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 POW. MACR 11346.

Died

Hackensack, NJ, USA 10 January 2005

Based

Bury St Edmunds 23 December 1944 Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Bergen County, NJ, USA

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database