Ralph George Landherr
Military
Object Number - UPL 60562 - T/Sgt Ralph G. Landherr
Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany. Baled out of B-17 42-39768 'Spikey Chair' 13-Dec-43. Rescued from sea by A/A cruiser 'Mendusa'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1575.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20537909 / O-742948
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spikey Chair
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St Louis, MO | 20 October 1921 | Son of Christ Robert and Francis B [Wilson] Landherr. |
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Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 11 September 1942 | Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 13 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Off Wilhemshaven, Germany | 13 December 1943 | Baled out of B-17 42-39768 13-Dec-43. Rescued from sea by A/A cruiser 'Mendusa'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1575 |
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Died |
St Louis, MO | 9 September 2011 | |
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Buried |
Sunset Memorial Park and MausoleumAffton,St. Louis County, MO | 14 September 2011 | Sunset Memorial Park and Mausoleum Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri |
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Born |
Burkburnett, Texas, USA | Husband of Lorretta O Landherr. | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 13 December 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
