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Paul Lon Overbaugh

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Orginal Crew #8. Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). No MACR found

Service

People

  • Howard Avery

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
    Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW). Original crew #8 No MACR found.

  • Thomas Cawley

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
    Prisoner of War (POW) crashed on 29 July 43 in B-17 42-29700 on mission to Kiel Germany.

  • Chester Conover

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Kiel, Germany in B-17 42-29700. PH

  • Robert Goldman

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 384th Bomb Group
    Prisoner of War (POW) - crashed on 29 July 43 in B-17 42-29700 on mission to Kiel, Germany. No MACR found.

  • Paul Gordy

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
    Prisoner of War. Shot down on 29 July 43 in B-17 42-29700 on mission to Kiel, Germany. No Missing Air Crew Report has been located for this loss.

  • Robert Quaranta

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) crashed on 29 July 43 in B-17 #42-29700 on mission to Kiel, Germany. No MACR found.

  • James Roberts

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
    Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 42-29700 which crashed near Schleswig. Prisoner of War (POW)

  • Richard Sherrer

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
    Shot down in B-17 42-29700 on 29 July 1943. POW.

  • Joseph Williams

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
    Killed in Action (KIA) crashed on 29 July 43 while on mission to Kiel Germany in B-17 42-29700, NO MACR

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Units served with

  • 384th Bomb Group

    384th Bomb Group

    Group
    The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...

  • 545th Bomb Squadron

    545th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-29700 JIMMIE BOY

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-O] Bassingbourn 17/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; transferred 545th Bomb Squadron/384th Bomb Group [JD-E] Station 106, Grafton...

Missions

  • VIII Bomber Command 79

    29 July 1943
    The primary targets for this mission are the port facilities at Kiel, Germany and the Heinkel aircraft factories at Warnemunde, Germany. A combined force of 168 B-17s from: 91BG (18); 92BG (14 these included 1 Y-B40 gunship); 305BG (19); 306BG (18);...

Associated Place

  • Grafton Underwood

    Military site : airfield
    Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Greene County, NY, USA 10 March 1908

Cauterskill
Greene County
New York, USA
Enlisted Camp Blanding, 5629 State Road 16 West Bldg 2300 Avenue A, Starke, FL 32091, USA 18 April 1942

Residence: Undefined
Private, Branch Immaterial
Assigned 11 March 1943

Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Robert Manning Crew, 3 combat missions.
Prisoner of War (POW) 29 July 1943 – May 1945

POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Died Miami, FL, USA 15 April 1982

Burial:
Florida National Cemetery
Bushnell
Sumter County
Florida, USA
Plot: 317, 0, 346
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
34202988
Highest rank
Technical Sergeant
Role/job
Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Awards
  • Prisoner of War Medal

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
24 March 2015 00:22:35 bombercommand Changes to events
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384thbombgroup.com
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24 March 2015 00:21:26 bombercommand Changes to middlename, highest rank, biography and events
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NARA Enlisted Data Base
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 205 , http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=o... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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