Albert Peter Croce

Military

Radio Operator on B-17 42-30155, shot down on the Kiel mission, 5 January 1944 - Prisoner of War (POW) - MACR 1684.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Burnette W Dethlefsen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Hubert W Fraker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750133
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Navigator, Navigator

Lyman S Franklin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Percy H Hoag

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles B Howell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-30155

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Francisco, California, USA 7 April 1911

Enlisted

13 May 1942 San Francisco, California

Other

Bailed out

5 January 1944 Bailed out of B-17 42-30155 over Germany

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

5 January 1944 Interned at Stalag XVIIB near Braunau, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 30 May 1945."

Died

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 1684;
- 8th AF Losses

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 176
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 1684 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database