Lester G Klug
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43 in B-24 41-23832 'Maggie'; hit by flak in the target area, lost altitude and fell out of the formation, attacked by fighters. Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 15585
Two survived; Klug and Walker who were picked up by a ship and brought to Heligoland. Klug had lost consciousness in the cold, rough waters.
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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-404099
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Maggie
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
DeLand, Florida, USA | 2 May 1923 | Son of Charles G and Ruth R Klug. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Blanding, FL | 30 December 1941 | Camp Blanding, Florida |
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Other Baled out POW |
Vicinity of Alte Mellum Island | 22 March 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43; Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. POW MACR 15585 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 22 March 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 July 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
DeLand, FL | 15 May 1996 | |
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Buried |
Oakdale Cemetery, Deland, FL | 18 May 1996 | Oakdale Cemetery DeLand, Volusia County, FL |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Shipdham | 22 March 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15585 / MACR 15585, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 92 by Bishop & Hey, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 60-61 by Will Lundy which quotes Klug / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database