Name:
Frank W. Loichinger
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
16078711
Unit:
706th Bomber Squadron, 446th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Illinois
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SSgt Frank W. Loinchinger, radio operator of the B-24 41-29177 “Ginger”, took off from Bungay in Suffolk, UK on a bombing mission over the Farben chemical works in Ludwigshafen. Just after bombs away, the plane was hit by flak. One of the engines cut out, dropping the plane to 10000 feet. The crew set the plane on a course to avoid the nearby town of Schoeneck and bailed out, shot at by machine gun fire all the way down. Loinchinger was captured and sent to Stalag Luft 4 in Gross-Tychow.