Robert LaVern Maisak
MilitaryLaVern Maisak was a Left Waist Gunner in the 96th Bomb Group / 339th Bomb Squadron. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107123. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089777 and O-757929
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35545015
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15113186 and O-809895
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16160308
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Springfield, Idaho, United States | 26 April 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | 8 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Prisoner of War |
12 May 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany. Also listed as having been at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow/Tychowo, Poland. Liberated in May 1945. | |
Died |
Ogden, Utah, United States | 2 May 1987 | |
Born |
Tremonton, Utah, United States | ||
Buried |
Riverview Cemetery, Tremonton, Utah, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5359 / MACR 5359, MACR 4855; Snetterton Falcons, pg 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database