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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Ronald Alvin ("Bud") Wipperman Pilot, O-750752 Prisoner Of War 671st Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 17-May-1921, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
Entered Military Service: Date: 8-Sep-1942 POW summary: Fail to Return Date: 6-Jun-1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Return Date: 29-Apr-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 1-Jun-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 139834 / (PDF) Died: 28-Mar-1999, Elm Grove, Waukesha County, Wisconsin On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
MACR 6047 Details Notes: A/C Seen to Crash. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. One bomb run 45 seconds from target, aircraft was hit by flak and left engine caught on fire. Aircraft crashed, exploded and one chute was seen to open. Description: Lt. R.A. Wipperman's plane crashed, but three chutes were seen to come out of it and open. His two gunners were S/Sgt. H.S. Ahrens and Sgt. L.C. Mazza. (416th BG History 1944) Pilot Lt. Ronald Wipperman, was taken POW; Gunner S/Sgt Henry S. Ahrens was KIA; Gunner Sgt Louis C. Mazza was originally listed as MIA, presumed to be a POW, but was later determined deceased under Public Law 490 and status changed to FOD (Finding Of Death). See also Mission # 68 |
See Also:
Prisoner Of War (POW) Camps
Escape & Evasion (E&E) Reports
POW/E&E Terms and Acronyms
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