15th Air Force
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 25/5/44; Hunter 20/6/44; Dow Fd 30/6/44; Assigned 32BS/301BG Lucera 9/7/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf 26/7/44 with Rich Luebke, Co-pilot: Thomas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Darling (3 Killed in Action); Navigator: Krumholz, Bombardier: Jones, Radio Operator: Ault, Ball turret gunner: Hudson, Waist gunner: Petrowski, Waist gunner: Scalabrino,Tail gunner: Cope (7 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Missing Air Crew Report 7141.
Service
Units
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301st Bomb Group
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for... -
32nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
People
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Robert Ault
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Fred Cope
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Stanley Darling
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141. Awards: AM, PH. -
Henry Hudson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Willis Jones
Military | Captain | Bombardier | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. Post war: Medical practitioner. -
George Krumholz
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Richard Luebke
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141. Awards: AM (4OLC), PH. -
Anthony Petrowski
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141 Awards: AM(OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME -
Michael Scalabrino
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7141. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Larry Thomas
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neudorf 26-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7141. Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.
Places
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Lucera
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Long Beach, CA | 1944 |
| Delivered | Tulsa AFB, OK | 25 May 1944 |
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Delivered Tulsa 25-May-44. |
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| Assigned | Lucera, Italy | 9 July 1944 |
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Assigned to 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | West of Wiener Neustadt | 26 July 1944 |
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Missing in Action Wiener Neudorf ; enemy aircraft, crashed Perin; 7 x POW, 3 x KIA MACR 7141. |
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