Conrad Werner

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-56205.jpeg UPL 56205 MACR 11681 - B-24 42-100372 'Old Glory'. Shot down 25-Dec-44

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Object Number - UPL 56205 - MACR 11681 - B-24 42-100372 'Old Glory'. Shot down 25-Dec-44

Conrad Werner was Bombardier on B-24 # 42-100372, shot down by fighters over Germany on the 25 December 1944 mission to Wahlen, Germany. Plane crashed near Règné, 10km SW of Vielsalm, Belgium. Killed In Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Thomas Castellano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32209932 at enlistment, then O-713123
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Oral Cecil Chippeaux

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron 734th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17065041 / O-690930
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thomas J Cowan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06877750
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Arlon D Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06295620
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harold Leonard Schwartz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32411289
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-100372) nicknamed "Old Glory" of the 389th Bomb Group. Handwritten on front of image: '2 Div B-24. Red, white and blue, 8th AF.'

42-100372

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 565th Bomb Squadron

Missions

761

  • Date: 25 December 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 28 January 1922

Enlisted

3 February 1943 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Règné, Belgium 25 December 1944
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Buried

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Conrad Werner rests at Plot D, Row 11, Grave 59

Revisions

Date10 Jun 2020 13:26:11
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards and events
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
ABMC website

Date10 Jun 2020 12:37:57
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 11681

Date27 Sep 2014 18:06:37
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11681 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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