Lloyd Edward Mueller
MilitaryAssigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13876.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19163446 / O-780619
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 April 1945
- Date: 4 April 1945
- Date: 30 March 1945
- Date: 24 March 1945
- Date: 23 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Joseph, Missouri, USA | 31 December 1925 | Son of Charles F and Emilie A [Wollnick] Mueller. |
Enlisted |
Fort Leavenworth KS | 13 February 1944 | Fort Leavenworth Kansas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Wilsnack, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Oranienburg in B-17 43-38803; mid air collision with B-17 43-38803, crashed Wilsnack, Germany 10-Apr-45 POW MACR 13876. |
Died |
Kansas City, MO | 28 April 2014 | |
Based |
Thurleigh | 10 April 1945 | Assigned 365BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Saint Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO | Saint Joseph Memorial Park Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13876 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database