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Personal info

Full name
LOEFFEL, Vincent Charles
Date of birth
17 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32765644
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
358th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1944
Place of death
Garzweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 1 14

Immediate family

Members
Caroline H. Loffler (mother)
Anne (Carr) Loeffel (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5052
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Mizpah
Destination: Aschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Junkers Flugzeugwerke - aviation industry
MACR: 2646

More information

Sgt Vincent C. Loeffel attended Bayonne High School and was employed by Westinghouse Corporation in Jersey City, New Jersey.

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighters. The no. 1 and no. 2 engines were alreday smoking after passing a flak area. It was last seen when it was descending under controle.

Five crew members survived and were taken prisoner, five were killed.

Sgt Loeffel was initially buried at the cemetery of Mönchengladbach.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 303rdBomberGroup.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.om - MACR

Photo source: Michel Beckers, 303rdBomberGroup.com, Daily News - 15 August 1945