John Francis Embach
Military
Object Number - UPL 80124 - Sgt John “Jack” Francis Embach
ETTG, Wilson, A crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. On 7-Jan-44 in B-17F #42-3078 "Winsome Win" while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner the aircraft was attacked by three German fighters and the crew all baled out (except for Radio Operator, SSgt Peter Kucher, KIA) when fire broke out in #1 and #2 engines. Mission #58 to the IG Farben [lant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. MACR 1873. He was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft XVIIb.
Detroit, MI
NOTE: Entry COMBINES data from an entry by Paul Andrews Project Bits and Pieces.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739544
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12160072
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11031365
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35208958
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33286445
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
![A B-17 Flying Fortress (GD-M, serial number 42-3078) of the 534th Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: '381st BG.' On reverse: George J. Letzter [Stamp].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-413534.jpg.webp?itok=vO_dEsA8)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Winsome Winn
- Unit: 2nd Strategic Air Depot 100th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
27 October 1921 | ||
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Based |
1 January 1944 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
7 January 1944 - 26 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 26-Jul-45. | |
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Died |
25 August 2011 | ||
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Buried |
Catholic Shrine Cemetery at Indian River, Michigan |
Revisions
Findagrave record: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=embach&GSfn=john&…;
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1873, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1873 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 11-Feb-44, New entry created. Sources MACR 1873; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; and COMBINED data from Paul Andrews Project Bits and Pieces.
