Ralph W Gochner

Military

Shot down 7 May 1944 in B-17 #425879. Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated at Mooseberg on 29 April 1945.



PH/ POW/ EAME/ AM

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5879

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Daisy June II
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 May 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4562 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 4562