Oscar Ferkauff
Military![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/media/media-14538.jpeg)
Rear - L to R : SSgt. George E Hartney - Lt. Ronald S. Allen - Capt William N Anderson - Lt. Stanley F. Olson - Lt. Charles M. Shaw - Cpl. Victor A. McMenamin.
Front - L to R : Cpl. Clifford C. Hurst - SSgt Oscar Ferkauff - TSgt. Walter N. Goodson - Sgt. J. R. Bell - SSgt. Allie T. Hearne Jr.
Removed punctuation from aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo
Object Number - UPL 14538 - Liberator B-24D, 4240172, Lynn Bari II, in the 506th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, "The Flying 8 Balls", in the 8th Air Force, TDY to the 9th...
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. Took part in Operation 'Tidal Wave', the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying B-24 Liberator 42-40172 'Lynn Bari II'.
Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 51251
Award: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395011.jpg?itok=ltzImIoU)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040136 / O-411678
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19032975 / O-730588
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
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- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
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- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![Field Ambulances standby as B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham. Image has been signed on reverse with an illegible signature. Handwritten caption on reverse: '281-66-76.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379103.jpg?itok=cOC0GF29)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
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- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kansas City, Missouri | 4 June 1916 | Son of Isaac and Ethel [Greenberg] Ferkauff. Nok: Brother - Mair Ferkauff. |
Enlisted |
Fort Sam Houston, TX | 8 May 1942 | Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 1 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Baled out POW |
North of Weiner Neustadt, Austria | 1 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-24 42-72857 'Star Spangled Hell'; mauled by fighters, A/C exploded 10 miles north of target. 1-Oct-43 POW MACR 51251 |
Other Discharged USAAF |
22 September 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Overland Park, KS | 18 May 1984 | |
Based |
Shipdham | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Benina | 1 October 1943 | Attached to 9AF USAAF, TDY in North Africa. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/65142040-oscar-ferkauff
https://www.fold3.com/record/90305428-oscar-ferkauff
https://www.fold3.com/record/623955292-oscar-ferkauff-1916
https://www.geni.com/people/Oscar-Ferkauff/6000000043868772893
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/644340/oscar-ferkauff
44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Will Lundy p. 136-138, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 299 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia