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Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3317 'The Spirit of '76. ' Initially evaded, was later captured. See the page with full details about his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fapplebpw.html
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3317 'The Spirit of '76'. Evaded with the help of Dutch, Belgian and French people. See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fgilchrrc.html .
Military | Second Lieutenant | Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3317 'The Spirit of '76. ' Evaded. See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fgilcreec.html
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator/Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 + combat missions. Flew with Thomas Batcha, Richard Robinson, Edward Komurka crews. Failed to Return (FTR) Solingen in B-17 42-3317 'The Spirit of '76' 30-Nov-43; hit by Flak in starboard wing, baled out. Evaded...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Paul Gregory was a graduate of St Aloysius Academy and Niagara University in New York. After graduation he worked for the Bethlehem Steel Company in Baltimore, Maryland, before he enlisted in July 1941. He trained in the US Army Air Forces as a...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1943 in B-17 #42-3317 'The Spirit of '76', Evaded (EVD). See the page with full details about his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fhiggincj.html
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
After 2 years of college in Ohio, William Lohrmann enlisted in the Air Corps in April 1942. After following aerial navigation training, he was sent overseas and assigned to the 95th Bomb Group/412th Bomb Squadron.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 30 November 1943 in 'The Spirit of '76'. Initially evaded with the help of Dutch and Belgian people. Captured in a false evasion line, Antwerp 30 April 1944. Prisoner of War (POW). See the page with full details about his evasion and capture...
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 6 May 1943; Dow Field 30 May 1943; assigned 384th BG Grafton Underwood 10 June 1943; transferred to 412th BS/95th BG [QW-Y/V] Horham 28 June 1943; 23missions. Missing in Action Solingen 30 November 1943 with Pilot Arthur C. Hensler Jr;...
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| Born | 11 February 1921 | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Lived in | 1940 | |
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Philidalphia, Pennsylvannia |
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| Bailed out | 30 November 1943 | |
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of B-17 #423317 over Holland |
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| Evaded capture | 30 November 1943 – 23 March 1944 | |
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Helped by Dutch and Belgian citizens and the Belgian Comète evasion network, he was arrested in Brussels on 23 March 1944 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | 23 March 1944 – 1945 | |
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Stalag Luft 4 |
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| Died | 13 March 1976 | |
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Pennsylvania |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 13 April 2022 10:30:12 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography and events |
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Added address for his page at website www.evasioncomete.be |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:19 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1559 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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