Thurlow Carl Schulz

Military

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. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Noel Ferdinand LaMarche

  • 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

Franklyn Albert Maxey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13118906
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lee McDonald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19059209 and O-738995
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Alton McMellon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38173302
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Illinois, United States 7 August 1913

Enlisted

Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, United States 2 March 1943

Other

POW _ Prisoner of War

Żagań, Poland 29 January 1944 NARA WW II POW database : "Stalag Luft 3 Sagan / Zagan, Poland". No date for return to Allied military control.

Died

Lexington, Kentucky, United States 26 October 1973
DuPage County, Illinois, United States

Revisions

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Merged details from a duplicate record to include information from:
MACR 2378 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 2378
Research on biographies of crew

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2378, 8th AF Losses; Snetterton Falcons, page 98