Lester Winfield Hall

Military

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #4560

POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

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Randolph George Edward Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044844
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Vernon Herman Kaufman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William Frederick Laubenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32040920
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Roy John Morris

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810196
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Jack Cameron Nagel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734967
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK 16 April 1944 - 8 May 1944 Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Roy John Morris Crew. Two combat missions.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 8 May 1944 Group lead. The aircraft was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560

Born

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4560 / MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database