Mario G LoBue
MilitaryB-17F #42-30334 'Virgin Sturgeon' collided with another aircraft on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Mario spent time in Stalag Lufts IV, III, and I (Barth) as a POW.
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
- Nicknames: Virgin Sturgeon
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 January 1944
- Date: 24 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
- Date: 24 December 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
1 February 1923 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Per Headquarters 3RD Bombardment Division, APO 634, 10 January 1944, by O.T. Draewell, Major, Air Corps Adjutant
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2271 / MACR 2271, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database