Joseph L Mangarpan

Military

Co-pilot, Koenig crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 19 August 1943 in the B-17 #42-3101 'Man-O-War'. Mission #21 to the airfield at Gilze Rijen, Holland. Mix of 533rd and 535th BS crews. MACR 662. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag XIIID.

Massachusetts

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Walter J Buran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35376557
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Russell G Chester

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35319150
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Arthur L Everett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12098350
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Wilbert G Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16052382
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Orlando H Koenig

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726257
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-3101

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Man O War
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag XIII-D

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 13D, Oflag 73

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 19 August 1943 Stalag Luft III Stalag XIIID

Born

19 August 1943

Based

19 August 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx