Victor W Krueger

Military

media-7285.jpeg 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

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Object Number - 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....

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. Prisoner of War (POW)

POW

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Units served with

458th Bomb Group

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

754th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Beverly E Ballard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-805152
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Roland W Johnson

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-752754
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Ralph C Kracker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35595479
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

James N Lewis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17127576
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James Nemeth

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32450063
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator, Gunner

Aircraft

42-52450

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Places

Horsham St Faith

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	6 March 1944
Born	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

6 March 1944

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Revisions

Date8 Jan 2015 15:35:23

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWI POW records
MACR 3350
458th Bomb Group page for the Beverly BALLARD crew: http://www.458bg.com/crew52ballard.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:26:29

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3350 / MACR 3350, 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> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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