Charles W Lundsberg

Military
media-7079.jpeg UPL 7079 1st Lt. Lundsberg - 1944

personal photo

Object Number - UPL 7079 - 1st Lt. Lundsberg - 1944

Force landed B-17 "Flak Shak" SN 42-97307 near Brussels, Belgium Sept. 12 1944 on 23rd mission.



Prisoner of War (POW) Bailed out over Wesermunde, Germany on Sept. 26, 1944 in B-17 "Reluctant Lady" SN 42-107035 on 24th mission.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Bomber plane parked on muddy ground.  There are two men standing on the wings and several ladders underneath plane.  Men in uniform on all sides of the plane and  three men in uniform standing in the foreground looking into a hole in the ground
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Reluctant Lady
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Shak

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 26 September 1944

Born

Revisions

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Updated Stalag Luft I location from knowledge

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Personal records - military records. Corrected spelling errors and consistency.

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My Grandfather - personal records. Was 1st Lt throughout the war, but as of service end he was a Captain.

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ContributorEmily
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Wes Lundsberg (Son), via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10204 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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