Samuel C Swain

Military

Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 42-30282. Plane crashed into North Sea. Suffered serious shell wounds on both lower legs and shell wound with fracture on the right thigh and (Listed in the report as R. T. Swain.) escaped via the radio hatch. Prisoner of War

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Otto W Kuhlmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-661550
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William F McCaffrey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798844
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Leonard R Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Milford A Roehborn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 July 1943

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Associated person records with details from John Kuhlmann, relative of Otto Kuhlmann.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 95 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database