Loran Chas Biddle

Military
media-36712.jpeg UPL 36712 "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943."

Rear L-R: 2Lt Calder L Wise, 1Lt John W Hendry, 1Lt Richard L Kruse, 1Lt Bernard T McNamara, 2Lt Richard E. Webster.
Front L-R: S/Sgt John C Arasin, S/Sgt John J Doherty, T/Sgt James J Brown, S/Sgt Olwin L Humphries, S/Sgt Howard L. Abney, T/Sgt Loran C Biddle.

Object Number - UPL 36712 - "Lt. Kruse and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 July 1943." Rear L-R: 2Lt...

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 41-24629. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Black Diamond Express
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Sheridan, IL 17 October 1919 Son of Loran and Maude Biddle.

Enlisted

Fort Sheridan, IL 15 October 1941 Fort Sheridan, IL

Other

Baled out POW

Valenciennes, Belgium 20 October 1943 Shot down 20-Oct-43 in B-17 41-24629. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032

Other

Discharged USAAF

3 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Melrose Park, IL 5 January 1983

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 20 October 2003 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1032 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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