Lloyd L Duke

Military

Bombardier, Painter crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30140 'King Malfunction II'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 379. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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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

William C Balentine

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34129005
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Raymond A Genz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37268430
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William Jeremiah Keays

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736866
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Allen Porter Kellogg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37198577
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Matthew B Kowalski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31106416
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

Aircraft

A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (VE-N, serial number 42-30020) of the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, 6 September 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1. 9/6/43 photo.'

42-30020

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweet Eloise
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

42-30140

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: King Malfunction II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 17 August 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

Date16 May 2021 02:51:51
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to events and place associations
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date20 May 2019 11:09:05
Contributorlewis505
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Interview with Mr. Lloyd Duke via telephone in 2001

Date9 Nov 2017 02:19:31
ContributorARowe95
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

ARowe95

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:01
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999; MACR 379, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 145,-242-3 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database