Lionel Correia

Military

Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3497. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

335th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Roland Alexenberg

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13152765
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Otis W Ashworth

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14133944
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James D Bailey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18217431
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Roger D Black

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35474211
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard E Coffey

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-670009
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-3497

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-30233) of the 95th Bomb Group in flight during a mission over Munster, B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-6414) nicknamed "Herky Jerky II" (circled) breaks formation due to damage. Printed caption on reverse of print: '26414 AC - Munster, Germany (Oct 10, 1943), disabled Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" in flight. U.S. Air Force Photo. 10-10-43.'

VIII Bomber Command 114

Date: 10 October 1943

Places

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Taunton, Massachusetts, USA	14 August 1918
Enlisted	Boston, Massachusetts,USA	14 August 1941	as a Private in the Air Corps
Other bailed out		10 October 1943	over Holland out of stricken B-17 #42-3497
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	10 October 1943	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Died	Oregon, USA	20 May 2010
Buried			Lionel Correia rests at the Gethsemani Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley, Oregon

Revisions

Date8 Jul 2021 20:13:51

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date8 Jul 2021 20:08:40

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

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Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date24 Sep 2018 07:51:06

ContributorED-BB

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Corrected last name : it's Correia, not Correlia
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:18:55

ContributorAAM

Changes

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 943 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database