Name | Larsen, Jack Kirby ‡ |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-802583 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. |
Duty | Pilot |
MOS | 1091 - Pilot, B-17 |
Last Duty Date | 25 February 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 2774⇓ (1.201 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Larsen, Jack Kirby | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Donovan, Warren Francis⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Fallon, John James⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Murray, Edward Joseph⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Cole, Robert Lester⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Barnes, Karl Francis⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Haverlah, Alton Bernhard⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Moore, John William⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Holler, Edward Ralph⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Simon, Edward (NMI)⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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41⇗ | 11 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany |
Co-pilot | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Pilot | 41‑24560⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
47⇗ | 30 December 1943 |
Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑39784⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Briefed to fly in high Squadron of composite group, flew #6 position with unidentified Group; landed away at Thurleigh due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
57⇗ | 3 February 1944 |
Target: Submarines (under construction) Type: Submarine Facility Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
59⇗ | 5 February 1944 |
Target: Bricy Aerodrome, Luftwaffe Training and Bomber Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Orleans, France |
Pilot | 42‑37885⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
61⇗ | 8 February 1944 |
Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑3441⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41A Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Aborted Mission After Taking Off 41A Group. Took off late (0922 instead of 0845) due to mechanical trouble but succeeded in joining formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
66⇗ | 24 February 1944 |
Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
67⇗ | 25 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly & Ball Bearings Plants Type: Industry Location: Augsburg & Stuttgart, Germany |
Pilot | 42‑29717⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return 41C Group, High Squadron, Lead Group. Feathered #2 engine at 1325 hrs but continued on towards target; at 1420, three minutes before target was reached, jettisoned bombs and peeled off from formation, perhaps heading for Switzerland; crash-landed near Bruchsal, Germany. MACR 2774 Sortie Report⇗ |