Laurence Henry Mickow

Military

Pilot, Mickow crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters on mission #61 to Frankfurt, Germany on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-37884. MACR 2241. Lt Mickow was blown out of the aircraft. Prisoner of War at stalag Luft I.

Zunbro, MN

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

George E Ayers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18042331
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Julian Raiford Chandler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14142726
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Jack E Dwyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16168982
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Joseph E Fabianski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32309994
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William H Hennessey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802749
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-37884

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

10 November 1943 - 29 January 1944

Other

Prisoner of War

Barth, Germany 29 January 1944 Stalag Luft I

Died

9 May 1994

Born

Zunbro, Minnesota

Revisions

Date22 Mar 2018 00:32:08
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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2241, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia