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John E Ivey

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ETTG, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.
Columbus, GA

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  • Philip Dreiseszun

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
    Navigator, Moore crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III & Stalag XIIID. Kansas City, MO

  • William Fortier

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    RWG, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB. Missoula, MT

  • James Houck

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 381st Bomb Group
    Bombardier, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Killed in Action. 20mm flak to the chest in the nose of the aircraft. Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands...

  • Joseph Kralick

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    LWG, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Killed in Action. Not a regular crew member. Wounded in the back by 20mm flak. Parachute opened inside of the plane....

  • William Moore

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
    Pilot, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III, XIIID & Stalag VIIA. Longview, TX

  • Edward Usher

    Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 381st Bomb Group
    Radio Operator, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB. Chicago, IL

  • John Watkins

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    TG, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Killed in Action. Killed at his station in the tail of the aircraft. Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC. Utica, NY

  • Dale Wendte

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
    Co-pilot, Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down on 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. KIA, possibly by civilians. Ponca, NE

  • Edgerton Zahm

    Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 381st Bomb Group
    BTG. Moore Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30013 "Lethal Lady". Mission #12 to Hamburg. MACR 130. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III & XIIID. Oberlin, OH

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Units served with

  • 8th Air Force

    8th Air Force


    Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ...

  • 381st Bomb Group

    381st Bomb Group

    Group
    The 381st Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Ridgewell, Essex between June 1943 and April 1945. The Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, the first for bombing shipyards at Bremen, whilst under heavy attack, on 8 October 1943 and...

  • 532nd Bomb Squadron

    532nd Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 42-30013 Lethal Lady

    B-17 Flying Fortress
    Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 6/5/43; Dow Fd 19/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-E] Ridgewell 22/5/43 with Bill Moore, Dale Wendte, Phil Dreiseszun, Jim Houck, Frank Bryant, Ed Usher, Bill Kithcart, Bill Fortier, Edgerton Zahm,...

Missions

  • VIII Bomber Command 76

    25 July 1943
    This mission was composed of three elements. The primary targets were the diesel engine works at Hamburg, Germany; the shipyards at Kiel, Germany and the aircraft industries at Warnemude, Germany, but weather frustrated the effort. The first element...

Associated Place

  • Ridgewell

    Military site : airfield
    Built during 1941-42 as an RAF bomber station, Ridgewell operated as a satellite to RAF Stradishall until May 1943. It had three concrete runways, initially 36 pan hardstandings, and two dispersed T2 hangars. Taken over by the Eighth Air Force in June...

  • Stalag XVII-B

    Other location

Events

Event Location Date
Born
Based June 1943 – 25 July 1943
Prisoner of War 25 July 1943 – May 1945

Stalag XVIIB
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
6389012
Highest rank
Technical Sergeant
Role/job
Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
13 August 2018 01:33:50 ARowe95 Changes to events
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13 August 2018 01:25:26 ARowe95 Changes to role, events and place associations
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16 March 2018 04:04:54 ARowe95 Changes to biography, events, unit associations and place associations
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03 November 2017 04:31:41 ARowe95 Changes to mission associations
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24 October 2017 01:27:21 ARowe95 Changes to service number, biography, person associations and place associations
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27 September 2014 18:15:55 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 130 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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