Hubert Raymond Cripe
MilitaryHubert Cripe was Pilot of B-24H #41-28642 'Libby Raider', which crashed on landing after a practice mission on 2 March 1944. Returned To Duty (RTD). He was also Pilot of B-24H #42-52226, which fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Noord-Holland Province, The Netherlands, with Cripe one of the three rescued, the seven others drowning. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38244011
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31248226
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37440169
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 October 1920 | Bader, Schuyler County, Illinois | |
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Enlisted |
15 May 1942 | Peoria, Illinois | |
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Other bailed out |
6 March 1944 | of B-24H #42-52226, over Noord-Holland, landing in the Ijsselmeer. | |
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Other Prisoned of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 | rescued out of the water by Dutch fishermen together with Anderson and Dallacqua, but immediately arrested by German sea patrol boat. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 3 July 1944.” (??? - should be 1945...) | |
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Died |
20 February 2018 | Astoria, Illinois | |
| Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois | |||
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Buried |
Hubert Cripe rests at the Astoria Cemetery in Astoria, Illinois |
Revisions
(Not "Evaded" but POW...)
MACR 2970
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
VA Gravesite Locator
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2970 / MACR 2970, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 240 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database