Louis A Webb

Military
media-25946.jpeg UPL 25946 Louis A. Webb, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25116

Object Number - UPL 25946 - Louis A. Webb, 93rd Bomb Group

Shot down 18 March 1943 in B-24 41-23666 'Hot Freight. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Flying in the diamond position of the lead element on a mission to Vegesack, Germany shipbuilding works, the plane took frontal attacks from ME-110 as well as flak attacks. Plane went down west of Seefield. All crew were initially listed Missing in Action (MIA), but T/Sergeant Webb survived when he bailed out and landed near Wesermunde. He was a Prisoner of War (POW) placed at Stalag 17B

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Hot Freight
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War

18 March 1943

Born

California

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, NARA POW web site, MACR 15595, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 91, Ted's Travelling Circus by Cal Stewart pp. 84-85

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