Louis Schureman Means
MilitaryLouis Means was a Navigator in the 306th BG/ 367th BS. He completed 2 missions (St. Nazaire on 1 May 1943 and Antwerp on 4 May 1943). He was shot down on his third on 15 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29744. Plane crashed into the North Sea near the island of Neuwerk, Germany. Captured immediately after landing in parachute near Cuxhaven, Germany. Due to leg injuries, he was placed at the German Navy Hospital there, where his leg had to be amputated. After treatment and rehabilitation he was imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. He was a Prisoner of War (POW) for approximately 10 months and included in a Prisoner Exchange program, with the first repatriation of prisoners on the Swedish hospital ship "Gripsholm", returning to the U. S. March 14, 1944.
Louis wrote up his experiences in a book which was later edited by his wife Elizabeth and published in 1996 'The Quality of Mercy'.
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He died in 1979.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18069325 at enlistment, then O-732618
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38193951
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13058382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34268205
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spokane, Washington | 30 November 1917 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
15 May 1943 | German Navy hospital Cuxhaven, Germany; interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan, Poland. Repatriated US March 1944 | |
Died |
11 May 1979 | Aptos, California | |
as a student at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
Revisions
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 15512, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey, p. 122, First Over Germany by Russell Strong, pp. 115-6, NARA
href="http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=159489…">http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=159489…;, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15512 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database