Ralph C Kracker
Military
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UPL 7285
Beverly Ballard Crew
Shot down 6 March 1944
Standing: Roland Johnson - B, Harry Bengry - CP, B.E. Ballard - P, Eugene Singer - N, James Lewis - TG.
Kneeling: Raymond Rice NTG (3/E), Victor Krueger - BTG, Ralph Kracker - WG, James Nemeth RO, Edwin Sowles - TTG/E
Shot down 6 March 1944
Standing: Roland Johnson - B, Harry Bengry - CP, B.E. Ballard - P, Eugene Singer - N, James Lewis - TG.
Kneeling: Raymond Rice NTG (3/E), Victor Krueger - BTG, Ralph Kracker - WG, James Nemeth RO, Edwin Sowles - TTG/E
466th BG Historian
After being badly damaged over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #42-52450 crashed on the return N of Amsterdam. 'Z5-G' (no name). Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV.
POW/ ETO/ PH/ AM/ WWIIV/ GC/ AD
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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: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36186643 and O-811316
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36289442
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clinton, Ohio |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3350; T. Kracker, nephew, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 &
href="http://www.458bg.com/crew52ballard.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew52ballard.htm>