Paul R Loubet

Military

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30707 'Piccadilly Commando'.



Earlier flew on B-17#42-30065 that crash landed returning from raid on Stuttgart on 6 Sept 43. It ran out of fuel. Many of the other B-17's were low on fuel that day.



23 September 1943 returning from mission to Nantes, France, crashed in B-17 #42-3449 while attempting to land at RAF Wing. All crew returned, but 3 seriously injured.



10/8/43 crash landed in 'Liberty Belle' B-17 #42-5889 on return from mission to Poland. 10 RTD.



POW, AM w/2 OLC, DFC

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Roy Alan Vinnedge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-72555
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30065

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group

42-30707

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Piccadilly commando
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Ground personnel attend the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group that has crashed into a wood. Handwritten on reverse: '25/4/25.'

42-3449

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

42-5889

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Liberty Belle
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 14 October 1943

Born

Plainsfield, New Jersey, USA

Revisions

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Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Added a connection to "Roy Alan Vinnedge" per info in the Summary biography of "Kermit Brent Cavedo".

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

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Corrected serial number from 42-3349 to 42-3449.
http://306bgus.apollohosting.com/Search/search%20all.php?Lname=klette&F…

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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 816, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 276,290, 320, 334p. 290 pix and details of ac, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germa / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 816 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…