Vrooman La Salle Francisco Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Gerald R Smith crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025 17-Dec-44; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen system shot out, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10680
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082953 / O-824959
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Aberdeen, SD | 3 November 1922 | Son of Vrooman Lasalle Francisco Sr and Evelyn V Lutgen. |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA | 18 November 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Other Baled out POW |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10680 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
24 September 1981 | ||
Little Rock, AR | |||
Based |
Torretta | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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