Martin M Dall

Military

Navigator, Yorba crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Flew 6 missions between Aug, 1943 and Oct. 1943. Shot down bombing the Kugel-Fisher ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt Germany on Black Thursday in B-17 #42-29803 'Flat Foot Floogie'. Mission #39. MACR 1037. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.

New York

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35292918
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802250
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12042502
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31083156
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33324280
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29803) nicknamed “Flat Foot Floogie” of the 305th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flat Foot Floogie
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 365th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War

Barth, Germany 14 October 1943 Stalag Luft I

Died

30 April 2002

Born

New York State

Based

Prisoner of War

14 October 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1037 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database