Ira L Krammes
Military
From a group photo of crew members taken in Rapid City, S.D. by my late father-in-law, Alton R. Karoli, when he was Navigator on B-17 My Baby.
Object Number - UPL 43069 - Sgt. Ira L. Krammes
Prisoner of War (POW). Had mechanical failure and crashed near Toul in B-17 My Baby 42-107033 on 9/5/44.
With the 322nd Squadron 91st Bomber Group Krammes was Top Turret Gunner on 'My Baby' when the plane was shot down on the Ludwigshaven raid of 5th September 1944. The tail gunner had been killed but - of the eight men who jumped that day - seven of the crew evaded with the help of the French Resistance. Krammes was unfortunately caught and spent the rest of the war in captivity.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: My Baby
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of war |
Germany | 5 September 1944 | |
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Born |
New York, USA |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Ira Krammes.
Deleting second "s" of last name per records of my father-in-law, Alton R. Karoli, navigator of MY BABY, and Ernest Robert (Bob) Kelley, pilot of MY BABY. Submitted by Jeffrey Belden
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8595 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
