Raymond Bernard Klinke
Military
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Object Number - UPL 50150 - Raymond B. Klinke: Flew with the 560th Squadron, part of the 388thBombardment Group
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 6 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen in B-17 'Millie K' 42-3787; baled out near Saalfeld, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9376
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: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36172936
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817191
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32645947 / T-002519
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Millie K
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Chicago, IL | 13 February 1919 | Son of Gustav Adolph Klinke. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 2 December 1943 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Altenkiirchen, Germany | 28 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen in B-17 'Millie K' 42-3787; baled out near Saalfeld, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9376 |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Knettishall | 28 September 1944 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
You have listed a George Zuce and a George Zeece. I believe the only person in my dad's group was spelled Zeece.
This was the crew of the Milly K on September 28, 1944. Ray's 6th mission to Mersberg, Germany. (Oil Refinery) 1,000 bombers involved, 33 from the 388th Bob Group. Milly K shot down and all crew survived, only 1 wounded.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9376 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
