Crew Roster · Personal File

Fred Lakner

Pilot · 329th Squadron

HometownLock Haven, PA

E&E-3049 Account

1st Lt. Fred Lakner served as co-pilot on Capt. Maddocks' B-24 with the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group.

The aircraft went down near Urk, Holland on 24 February 1944. His fate was unknown at the time of Maddocks' interrogation on 10 May 1945.

From the 2nd Air Division Association Yearbook

Pilot Class 43-J. Served with 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division, 93rd Bomb Group. Shot down on 29th mission, Feb. 24, 1945; held as POW at Neuburg/Moosburg until liberation.

Prisoner of War

Sortie Log

5 CATALOGUED SORTIES
24 FEB 1944 — 03 FEB 1945

The sorties below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

8AF Mission

Date

Target

Aircraft

№ 233

24 FEB 1944

Target unrecorded

A B-24 of the 329th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, departed Hardwick on 24 February 1944 at 0800 hours. The aircraft came down near Urk, Holland at approximately 1500 hours the same day. The pilot, Capt. Gene Leroy Maddocks, successfully evaded capture in Holland. The fates of the remaining crew members were unknown at the time of his interrogation on 10 May 1945.