Ralph W Voorhees

Military
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  UPL 67055 UPL 67055 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/26 November 1943, Bremen (Harbor).
Back L-R: SSgt. Mike Cappelletti (RO), SSgt. Ralph Voorhees (WG), SSgt. Fillman Thurman (BT), SSgt. William Adams (WG), TSgt. Lloyd Estes (TT).
Front L-R: Col. Dale O. Smith flew with Siguard Thompson in "DAMN YANKEE" as Group Deputy), 1st Lt. Lloyd Armstrong (P), Maj. Raymond Ketelsen (AC/CP), 1st Lt. William Kinney Jr. (B), 2nd Lt. Anthony Nilo (N). Not Pictured: 2nd Lt. Donald Furber (OBS/TG).
545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group VIII Bomber Command 138 42-5444 Grafton Underwood Mike Joseph Cappalletti Ralph W Voorhees Filman C Thurman William E Adams Lloyd S Estes Dale Orville Smith Siguard Thompson Lloyd Rowland Armstrong Raymond Paul Ketelsen William B Kinney Anthony Nilo Donald W Furber On

Object Number - UPL 67055 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/26 November 1943, Bremen (Harbor). Back L-R: SSgt. Mike Cappelletti (RO), SSgt. Ralph Voorhees (WG), SSgt. Fillman...

Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97233, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 13 April 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3874 / MACR 3874, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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