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1Lt Herman Carl Bauer

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1Lt Herman Carl Bauer

Birth
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, USA
Death
26 Nov 1944 (aged 22)
Sarstedt, Landkreis Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Burial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium Add to Map
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Plot C Row 4 Grave 37
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Herman Carl Bauer, Son of Carl Otto and Caroline Elsie Poppenhausen, husband of Elizabeth Ann Mason of Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States.. Herman was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B24J 44-10485 "Dorty Treek" 491st Bomber Group crashed between Sarstedt and Heisede
Hannover Germany...

Plane was shot down by German Fighter attacks
Crew:
Pilot: 1Lt. Ralph J Butler 0-706122 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
Co-Pilot: 1Lt Robert G Ostrander 0-715802 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
Nav: 1Lt Herman C Bauer 0-718214 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
Bomb: 1Lt Stanley A Yergey 0-717010 USAAF KIA Santa Fe National Cemetery New Mexico, USA
Eng/TT: T/Sgt. Elmer R Jones 14056943 USAAF POW
Radio Op: T/Sgt. Edwin E Kamerainen 36249633 USAAF POW
WGr: S/Sgt. Gordon B Fuller 39131096 USAAF KIA Santa Fe National Cemetery New Mexico, USA
WGr: S/Sgt. Victor E Callicrate 37332584 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
TGr: S/Sgt. Robert V Trombly 11085782 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia
Herman Carl Bauer, Son of Carl Otto and Caroline Elsie Poppenhausen, husband of Elizabeth Ann Mason of Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States.. Herman was served with the USAAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, B24J 44-10485 "Dorty Treek" 491st Bomber Group crashed between Sarstedt and Heisede
Hannover Germany...

Plane was shot down by German Fighter attacks
Crew:
Pilot: 1Lt. Ralph J Butler 0-706122 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
Co-Pilot: 1Lt Robert G Ostrander 0-715802 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang
Nav: 1Lt Herman C Bauer 0-718214 USAAF KIA American War Cemetery Ardennes
Bomb: 1Lt Stanley A Yergey 0-717010 USAAF KIA Santa Fe National Cemetery New Mexico, USA
Eng/TT: T/Sgt. Elmer R Jones 14056943 USAAF POW
Radio Op: T/Sgt. Edwin E Kamerainen 36249633 USAAF POW
WGr: S/Sgt. Gordon B Fuller 39131096 USAAF KIA Santa Fe National Cemetery New Mexico, USA
WGr: S/Sgt. Victor E Callicrate 37332584 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow
TGr: S/Sgt. Robert V Trombly 11085782 USAAF POW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia

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  • Maintained by: Travis Cott
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56357023/herman_carl-bauer: accessed ), memorial page for 1Lt Herman Carl Bauer (12 Jul 1922–26 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56357023, citing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium; Maintained by Travis Cott (contributor 47324817).