Raymond A Genz
MilitaryRWG, Painter crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30140 'King Malfunction II'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 379. Evaded.
McGrath, MN
EVD Report 171. S/Sgt Genz bailed out and was shot at by a farmer with a rifle while descending in is parachute. He met up with 1Lt Nelson (CP). They soon found S/Sgt Whitman (LWG) in a tree. He was injured after falling out of his harness. The group also found S/Sgt Kellogg (LWG) who was wounded. S/Sgt Genz and 1Lt Nelson agreed with the other two injured men that they could not go on. The wounded men would turn themselves in to the Germans the next day. Genz and Nelson continued to evade and with assistance from the underground, made it back to England through Madrid and Gibraltar on 30 October 1943.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34129005
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734658
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736866
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37198577
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31106416
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
Aircraft
Missions
![Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413725.jpg.webp?itok=AMwIgGyH)
- Date: 17 August 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
McGrath, MN | 25 June 1914 | |
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Died |
Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA | 12 December 1993 | (aged 79) Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
Germany | 17 August 1943 | |
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Buried |
Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA | Lakewood Cemetery Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, USA |
Revisions
Updated Died event and Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 50770943.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50770943/raymond-anton-genz
ARowe95
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 379, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 145,-242-3 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 379 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database