John Ogden Lazenby

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17114791 / O-819051
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Something Else
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Miami, FL 6 April 1921 Son of Delphine C Lazenby.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, AL 25 September 1942 Fort McClellan, Alabama

Other

Baled out POW

Karwendelhaus, Austria 12 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 12 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV

Died

Middlevillage, NY 30 January 2004

Born

Jefferson County, AL

Based

Lucera 12 September 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.

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