Loren Fred Seger
Military
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UPL 51526
1st Lt Loren Fred Seger, 412BS, 95BG
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Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. 22-Dec-43 crash landed in a meadow in Norfolk due to lack of power in B-17 42-3273 'Impatient Virgin' on return from mission to Munster, Germany. RTD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18193418
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15195598 / O-681970
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16140871
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12141148
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685939
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lone Wolf
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat : The Zoot Suiters
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Belle
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Berlin Bessie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fire Ball Red
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 19 March 1944
- Date: 18 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St. Louis, MO | 27 March 1921 | Son of Oscar A and Jennie [Farley] Seger. |
Enlisted |
St. Louis, MO | 31 August 1942 | St Louis, Missouri |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 16 December 1943 - 26 March 1944 | Completed a 25 combat mission tour |
Died |
Merriam, KS | 9 May 2001 | |
Buried |
Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens Shawnee, Johnson County, KS | 12 May 2001 | Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas, USA Plot Garden of Valo |
St. Louis, MO | |||
Based |
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / href="http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php">http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php> Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I, p. 438