Mario G LoBue
MilitaryB-17F #42-30334 'Virgin Sturgeon' collided with another aircraft on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). Mario spent time in Stalag Lufts IV, III, and I (Barth) as a POW.
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- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
1 February 1923 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |
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Per Headquarters 3RD Bombardment Division, APO 634, 10 January 1944, by O.T. Draewell, Major, Air Corps Adjutant
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2271 / MACR 2271, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database