Edmund J Vogler

Military

B-17G #42-31672 'Buckeye Boomerang II' left formation on the return froma mission to Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944 and exploded and crashed SW of Dieppe, FR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buckeye, Boomerang II
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Events

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Born

Lansing, Michigan 16 November 1922
New York, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3411, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces