Robert Clark
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125
Awards: PH.
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Jack Woodrow Murphy
Military
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1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See UPL 32819 (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/32819) for reverse
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7125
"Shot down over Linz, Austria on 7/25/44 on 35th mission. An 88mm anti A/C shell hit & exploded in bomb bay. Set the plane on fire, knocked controls out and blinded me. Killed six of crew including co-pilot. The B-17 slow rolled twice and then went spinning toward the ground I was trapped inside and could not get to the escape hatch. I prayed 'Jesus Help Me' and immediately I heard rivets popping and the right wing tore off and I was thrown out thru the opening. Thank you Jesus."
Awards: DFC, AM(10 OLC),POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Thomas Hammond
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125 Awards: AM (OLC), PH. -
John Johnston
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Killed in Action(KIA) MACR 7125 Awards: AM(2OLC), PH. -
Richard Jones
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125 Awards: PH. -
Edgar Leonhard
Military | Technical Sergeant | Ball Turret | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125 Awards: AM (2OLC), PH. -
David Lipow
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 unable to escape aircraft Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 7125 Awards: AM, PH. -
Garnel Lockemy
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7125 ... -
Allen Reedall
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7125 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Irwin Witty
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 97th Bomb Group
Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7125 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Units served with
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97th Bomb Group
Group
The 97th Bomb Group flew the Eighth Air Force's first heavy bomber mission from the UK when they bombed a marshalling yard at Rouen on 17 August 1942. Just a month later though the Group were reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force and left England for the... -
342nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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44-6183
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 24/5/44; Hunter 13/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 342BS/97BG Amendola 4/7/44; Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25/7/44 with Jack Murphy, Clark, Liton, Mitty, Lockery, Johnson, Halford, Jones, Randall, crew ejected by explosion 4 x...
Associated Place
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Amendola
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Trout Run, PA | 15 January 1917 |
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Son of Byand Ramsey Murphy. |
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| Enlisted | Wilkes Barre, PA | 29 March 1941 |
| Based | Amendola | 1944 – 25 July 1944 |
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Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Shot down | Vicinity of Linz, Austria | 25 July 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Linz tank works 25-Jul-44 ejected by explosion Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7125 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 25 July 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Initially held in Mauthausen death camp, later Stalag Luft I. |
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| Died | Hummelstown, PA | 20 December 2005 |
| Buried | Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, PA | January 2006 |
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Indiantown Gap National Cemetery |
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Revisions
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| 19 November 2018 20:06:02 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank and biography |
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Combined with duplicate entry |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 November 2018 14:20:02 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28714138 |
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