Louis Francis Koch

Military
media-23186.jpeg UPL 23186 Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944.

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Louis F Koch, 1Lt Thomas F Comi, Capt Robert E Lamb, 2Lt Harold Lodinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Carl E Miller, S/Sgt Everett M Cayford, S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe, S/Sgt Micheal A Koussa, S/Sgt Francis J Morello.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12019-D81703AC.

Object Number - UPL 23186 - Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944. Rear L-R: T/Sgt...

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-24 41-28778 31-Jul-44; shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 7747



Fighting fire in bomb bay with S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe when his chute opened catching fire and engulfing them both.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 753rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18134525
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Reading, PA 16 March 1922 Son of Rose Koch.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 1 September 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died

Killed in Action (KIA)

Viernheim, Germany 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and crashed at Viernhsim in B-24 41-28778 Killed in Action (KIA).
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Buried

Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Lincoln County NE Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Lincoln County Nebraska, USA

Based

Hethel 31 July 1944 Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7747 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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