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1st Lt. John Lautenschlager

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1st Lt John Lautenschlager P POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
1st Lt William J. Sugg CP POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
1st Lt Leland C. Fink NAV POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
1st Lt David Rolnick BOM POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
T/Sgt Robert T. Bashaw TTE POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
T/Sgt John Stryjeski ROG KIA 6-Mar-44 Berlin
S/Sgt Harold F. Sheldon BTG POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
S/Sgt Samuel Wilensky WG POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin
S/Sgt Colbert W. Graham WG POW 24-Mar-44 Berlin
S/Sgt Hogan Fussell TG POW 6-Mar-44 Berlin

350TH SQDN,, CREW, AS ABOVE, JOINED THE 100TH ON 28 NOV 1943.

C. C. GRAHAM WAS APPARENTLY REPLACED BY S/SGT JOHN H. WHITE ON THE 6 MAR 44 BERLIN MISSION. HE BECAME A POW. GRAHAM WAS WITH THE CREW OF JOHN WHITE WAS FROM THE THE CREW OF M. TASHJIAN.

The German interrogators thought Lautenschlager was a 'plant' to test their procedures. The Luftwaffe did this from time to time to determine the accurateness of interrogators. They soon determined that Lautenschlager spoke flawless German and could not believe he was an Allied airman. It was the other members of the crew that changed their mind, they of course, did not know the Germans thought Lautenschlager was a Luftwaffe Officer and soon inadvertently convinced the Germans Lautenschlager was their pilot.

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