Wilbur Claude Lauer

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-52430.jpeg UPL 52430 Wilbur C Lauer Donald S Graham collection

Rick Graham, nephew of Leon F Stewart, navigator in the 401st BG.

Object Number - UPL 52430 - Wilbur C Lauer

Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak, crashed Hohnebostel, seven miles SE of Celle Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4587



Award: PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Browning Glen Grimmett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39532652 / O-754338
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-39943

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lusinda, Pennsylvania 16 December 1923 Son of Norman Harold and Beatrice Eleanor [Henry] Lauer.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 3 December 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Died

Hohnebostel, Germany 7 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 7-May-44 in B-17 42-39943 'Lassie Come Home'; shot down by flak KIA MACR 4587

Based

Deenethorpe 7 May 1944 Assigned to 612BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/655457773
https://www.fold3.com/record/84490223/wilbur-c-lauer-wwii-army-enlistme…
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https://www.fold3.com/record/704296713/lauer-wilbur-c-us-wwii-hospital-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56359341/wilbur-claude-lauer

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 4587 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4587, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1255

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