Louie B Courtney

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media-28567.jpeg UPL 28567 Staff Sergeant Louis B. Courtney

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Object Number - UPL 28567 - Staff Sergeant Louis B. Courtney

Shot down and disintegrated in mid-air and crashed near Schlebusch, GR on a mission to Wernigorde, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97520. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Cletis H Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Francis S Chard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Edward H Harke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Robert E Kritzer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33353101
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

James Joseph Leary

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-97520

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peg-O-My-Heart
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

1023 Fort McClellan, Anniston, AL 36205, USA 5 October 1942

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

22 February 1944

Born

Ohatchee, Alabama

Buried

Alabama

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Changed the label for a Died event to a KIA event per info in the "Summary biography".

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
James Makins / MACR 2881 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2881, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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Object number: UPL 28567 - Staff Sergeant Louis B. Courtney