William Frederick Laubenstein

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Kenneth Nelson Hougard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19170044
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner

Randolph George Edward Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044844
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Vernon Herman Kaufman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William L Kouski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16098421
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner

Jack Cameron Nagel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734967
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Albany, NY, USA 17 January 1941 - 8 May 1944 Residence: Herkimer County, New York Private, branch Immaterial

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Assigned

5 November 1943 - 8 May 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, Earl Thomas Allison Crew. 26 combat missions.

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 8 May 1944 The aircraft was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Little Falls, New York, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4560 / MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database