Louis Francis Koch
Military
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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.
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.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
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