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Personal info

Full name
PAGE, Loren Ellis
Date of birth
6 October 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota
Hometown
Chapman, Dickinson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O2045030
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
367th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 February 1944
Place of death
Near Herzlake, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 5 11

Immediate family

Members
Alfred V. Page (father)
Ruth E. (Aldrich) Page (mother)
Velma N.. Page (sister)
Leslie M. Page (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38074
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Vereinigte Kugellagerfabriken (VKF) - ball bearing factory
MACR:2770

More information

The airplane was attacked by enemy fighter. The #1 and #2 engines were knocked out en a wing tip was shot off.

According to T/Sgt James Merson, one of the surviving crew members, Lt Page's parachute must have failed to open, based on what he looked like. he had to load his body on a truck after he was captured. Another surviving crew member, T/Sgt Edgar Harbour, believed he was hit by enemy cannon fire when bailing out.

Lt Page was initially buried at the POW cemetery of Achmer air base.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR 2770, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-C/D, Thompson Robbins Field, Arkansas