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Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Clarence Daw was one of five Daw brothers from Pensacola, Florida to enlist during WWII. He flew with Jesse L. McMains' crew on missions from England. Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306 crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 458th Bomb Group
Hit by flak and later by fighters after falling out of formation on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944, B-24H #42-52306. Killed in Action (KIA).
Group
The 458th Bomb Group (H) entered combat with the 8th Air Force in February 1944. Based at Horsham St. Faith in England, the combat crews participated in the decisive Campaigns 'Big Week', 'Big B', D-Day and the assault on Germany's oil industry waged...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
B-24 #42-52306 was hit by Flak over Berlin on the 6 March 1944 to that objective. Attacked by fighters, it was shot down and crashed near Uelzen, East of Münster, Germany. Pilot Jesse L. McMains (KIA), Co-Pilot Casimir J. Kolezynski (wounded in action...
6 March 1944
The industrial areas of Berlin and Genshagen, Germany are the primary targets for this mission. A combined force of 730 heavy bombers are despatched from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions. The despatch from 3rd Air Division bombs Targets of Opportunity in...
Military site : airfield
Horsham St Faith was an RAF Bomber Command Station opened in June 1940. It was home to Bristol Blenheim medium-bombers, and was for a time occupied by fighters, including those of No. 19 Squadron and No. 264 Squadron. From September 1942 the airfield...
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| Born | Barrington, Camden County, New Jersey, United States | 8 October 1919 |
| Lived in | 1942 | |
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York, York County, Pennsylvania |
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| Enlisted | 27 February 1943 | |
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Prisoner Of War (POW) | 6 March 1944 | |
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after bailing out of B-24H #42-52306 |
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| Died | 13 June 2013 | |
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Conrad Lunz rests at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 19 June 2020 13:09:57 | ED-BB | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations |
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MACR 3349 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3349 / MACR 3349, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 279 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & href="http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm">http://www.458bg.com/crew29mcmains.htm> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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