Julius Karp

Military

Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470.



Awards: SS, BS, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13091456 / O-819095
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

NY City, NY 11 June 1922 Son of Jacob and Jenny Karp.

Enlisted

NY City, NY 13 October 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Mechnitz, Poland 7 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. POW 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

7 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Houston, Harris County, TX 9 February 2011

Buried

Emanu El Memorial Park Houston, TX 13 February 2011 Emanu El Memorial Park Houston, Harris County, TX

Based

Amendola 7 August 1944 Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.