Marvin Bennett Lander

Military

Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11346.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

J C Barbee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18242353
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James R Groblewski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-715771
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Richard A Hall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17058117
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Walter N Lancaster

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35726173
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Edward M Lindholm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2062862
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

44-6619

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Big Gas Bird Darling Dot
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Peaneck, New Jersey, USA 14 November 1923

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 13 December 1942 Columbus, Ohio

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 23 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I

Other

Shot down

54459 Wiltingen, Germany 23 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Kaiserslautern, Germany in B-17 'Darling Dot' 44-6619 attacked by fighters shortly after IP point, tail gun position took brunt of assault, A/C crashed near Woltingen on 23-Dec-44 POW. MACR 11346.

Died

Hackensack, NJ, USA 10 January 2005

Based

Bury St Edmunds 23 December 1944 Assigned to 331BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Bergen County, NJ, USA

Revisions

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11346 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database