Mark Joseph Bauer

Military

Mark Bauer was Ball Turret gunner on B-17 Serial 42-39840, hit by Flak on the 1 December 1943 mission to Solingen/Leverkusen, Germany. Evaded capture for 10 days before he was arrested. See the story of his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fbauermj.html

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles W Bryant

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Joseph Luke Burns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13116815
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

James Orland Gibson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 37398663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles Frank Hess

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 496th Fighter Training Group 1st Scouting Force 385th Fighter Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13008053 / O-802852
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ruben Roy Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37545202
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-39840

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Lopin Lobo
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 April 1923 Emporium, Pennsylvania

Other

Baled out

1 December 1943 of 42-39840 over Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

1 December 1943 - 11 December 1943 Helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Captured.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

11 December 1943 Stalag Luft 4

Died

22 April 1998 Emporium, Pennsylvania
Parkchester, Bronx, New York, USA

Revisions

Date5 Jun 2021 09:41:28
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

NARA WWII POW records
Personal research for his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fbauermj.html

Date27 Sep 2014 18:19:39
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=482