Raymond Ward Lunn

Military

Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Ed Lee crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12514



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14174428 / O-2001566
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Better Late Than Never
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron 721st 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 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lowell, MA 17 September 1915 NoK: Wife Adele I [Moran] Lunn.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 6 July 1943 Hartford, Connecticut

Other

Baled out POW

Conegliano, Italy 28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy POW MACR 12514

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Bavaria 28 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa.

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Hesperia, CA 16 February 2004

Based

Manduria 28 February 1945 Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF.