Aaron George Loughead
Military
Object Number - UPL 54753 - Aaron George Loughead
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Magdeburg on 1 Jan 45 in B-17 #448268
He was on his 33rd mission. He won his gunner's wings on Christmas Eve 1943.
In 1952 he moved to Huntsville, where he joined the ABMA Missile Team at Redstone Arsenal. He worked on the team that developed internal guidance systems for the Redstone and Jupiter C missile and was awarded five patents. George joined NASA in 1965 and had a long and distinguished career at Marshall Space Flight Center. He worked on Spacelab I, II and other systems and received numerous awards including the coveted Silver Snoopy.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16083112
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17143458
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group Can Do 366th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Hamilton, Ohio, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 January 1945 |
Revisions
I have a copy of a Service Record for Aaron with newspaper clippings, which has my Uncle listed a "Comrade in Arms". They both grew up in Hamilton Ohio
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11251 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
