Lawrence C Lovos
MilitaryOn 26-Feb-43 he was serving as the Right Waist Gunner on B-17F 41-24623, 305BG/365BS when the aircraft sustained damage from AA fire over the target at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He was able to bail out before the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and shot down into the Jadebused (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhelmshaven, Germany and taken prisoner. According to Brotherhood, he and crewman William Jones were in the 422nd, but flew on the 365th mission on February 26, 1943. He successfully parachuted before the crash and became a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17B at Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 February 1942 - 4 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austrial. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 4-Jul-45. | |
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Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jun-2015. Added service number and POW event per MACR 16054; Added decorations per existing website data Added loss details to Summary Biography and location to POW event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Added Place, Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data; Added POW date, A/C model number ,unit associations and crew position to Summary Biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65