Richard Anthony Matheis

Military

Was on board B-24 #42-52627 on 12 July 1944. Hit by Flak, put on fire, 2 engines out, forced to make an emergency landing 5km East of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 6936. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Leonard Elton Lincoln

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19190778
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles John Schaeffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33593792
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

John Albert Staedler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-765853
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Corporal Robert D. Thompson, 8th Air Force, 453rd Bomb Group, 735th Bomb Squadron

Robert D Thompson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37357237
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Nose Gunner

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Garden City, New York

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MACR 6936

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6939