Buried: 11 May 1954
8th United States Army Air Force
306th Bomb Group - Boeing B-17F -90- BO Flying Fortress 42-30199 WW - R
"The Reich Wreckers"
369th Heavy Bomb Squadron -
"The Fightin Bitin"
Plane: The "Wicked WAAC"
Based in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, Eng.
W.W.II Prisoner of War - Germany
14 October 1943 - 18 September 1944
On 16 July 1942, in the State of Missouri, Linden enlisted in the USAAF. He was divorced with no children.
He was assigned the positions of Waist-gunner and Tail-gunner.
On 14 October 1943 The 'Second Schweinfurt Raid' began and his plane was shot down with a crew of ten men. Linden, the tail gunner on the "Wicked WAAC", was 10 years older than the rest of the crew and was known as the 'old man'. He became a prisoner of war on this date and was detained in Germany for nearly a year. On the 18th of September 1944 he was returned to the US Military in a prisoner exchange due to his severe injuries and then returned to the United States in New York, NY on 22 September 1944.
"The Denver Post - Thursday, November 25, 1943
MISSING DENVER GUNNER FOUND TO BE WAR PRISONER"
Mother Reveals Serge. Linden Voight is Held in Germany.
Staff- Sergt. Linden K. Voight, 35, son of Mrs. Vernie E. Voight of 1724 Lincoln street, Denver air hero who previously had received the Purple Heart for wounds in action over Europe and who had been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, is a prisoner of war in Germany, his mother disclosed Thursday.
Voight, a former stater welfare department employee at Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, was listed by the war department with three other Coloradans as missing in action.
The others are Tech. Serge. Joseph L. Hern, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Hern of 2109 Tremont place; Staff Serge. Alfred J. Hargrave, son of Mrs. Myrtle A. Hargrave of Pueblo , and Second Lieut. Robert M. Slane, son of Ralph M. Slane of Trinidad. Hern was in the Mediterranean war area, and the others were missing the the European area.
Voight once was refused assignment as an aerial gunner when in training at Buckley field. Officers said he was “too old,” but after persistent protests he was allowed the requested bomber position. He enlisted July 15, 1942, and was sent overseas with the Eighth air force last June.
His mother learned he was a prisoner thru the International Red Cross, and said he was shot down on a raid Oct. 14 over Germany. He came to Denver from Lawrence, Kan., in 1921."
8th United States Army Air Force
306th Bomb Group - Boeing B-17F -90- BO Flying Fortress 42-30199 WW - R
"The Reich Wreckers"
369th Heavy Bomb Squadron -
"The Fightin Bitin"
Plane: The "Wicked WAAC"
Based in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, Eng.
W.W.II Prisoner of War - Germany
14 October 1943 - 18 September 1944
On 16 July 1942, in the State of Missouri, Linden enlisted in the USAAF. He was divorced with no children.
He was assigned the positions of Waist-gunner and Tail-gunner.
On 14 October 1943 The 'Second Schweinfurt Raid' began and his plane was shot down with a crew of ten men. Linden, the tail gunner on the "Wicked WAAC", was 10 years older than the rest of the crew and was known as the 'old man'. He became a prisoner of war on this date and was detained in Germany for nearly a year. On the 18th of September 1944 he was returned to the US Military in a prisoner exchange due to his severe injuries and then returned to the United States in New York, NY on 22 September 1944.
"The Denver Post - Thursday, November 25, 1943
MISSING DENVER GUNNER FOUND TO BE WAR PRISONER"
Mother Reveals Serge. Linden Voight is Held in Germany.
Staff- Sergt. Linden K. Voight, 35, son of Mrs. Vernie E. Voight of 1724 Lincoln street, Denver air hero who previously had received the Purple Heart for wounds in action over Europe and who had been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, is a prisoner of war in Germany, his mother disclosed Thursday.
Voight, a former stater welfare department employee at Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, was listed by the war department with three other Coloradans as missing in action.
The others are Tech. Serge. Joseph L. Hern, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Hern of 2109 Tremont place; Staff Serge. Alfred J. Hargrave, son of Mrs. Myrtle A. Hargrave of Pueblo , and Second Lieut. Robert M. Slane, son of Ralph M. Slane of Trinidad. Hern was in the Mediterranean war area, and the others were missing the the European area.
Voight once was refused assignment as an aerial gunner when in training at Buckley field. Officers said he was “too old,” but after persistent protests he was allowed the requested bomber position. He enlisted July 15, 1942, and was sent overseas with the Eighth air force last June.
His mother learned he was a prisoner thru the International Red Cross, and said he was shot down on a raid Oct. 14 over Germany. He came to Denver from Lawrence, Kan., in 1921."
Buried: 11 May 1954
8th United States Army Air Force
306th Bomb Group - Boeing B-17F -90- BO Flying Fortress 42-30199 WW - R
"The Reich Wreckers"
369th Heavy Bomb Squadron -
"The Fightin Bitin"
Plane: The "Wicked WAAC"
Based in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, Eng.
W.W.II Prisoner of War - Germany
14 October 1943 - 18 September 1944
On 16 July 1942, in the State of Missouri, Linden enlisted in the USAAF. He was divorced with no children.
He was assigned the positions of Waist-gunner and Tail-gunner.
On 14 October 1943 The 'Second Schweinfurt Raid' began and his plane was shot down with a crew of ten men. Linden, the tail gunner on the "Wicked WAAC", was 10 years older than the rest of the crew and was known as the 'old man'. He became a prisoner of war on this date and was detained in Germany for nearly a year. On the 18th of September 1944 he was returned to the US Military in a prisoner exchange due to his severe injuries and then returned to the United States in New York, NY on 22 September 1944.
"The Denver Post - Thursday, November 25, 1943
MISSING DENVER GUNNER FOUND TO BE WAR PRISONER"
Mother Reveals Serge. Linden Voight is Held in Germany.
Staff- Sergt. Linden K. Voight, 35, son of Mrs. Vernie E. Voight of 1724 Lincoln street, Denver air hero who previously had received the Purple Heart for wounds in action over Europe and who had been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, is a prisoner of war in Germany, his mother disclosed Thursday.
Voight, a former stater welfare department employee at Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, was listed by the war department with three other Coloradans as missing in action.
The others are Tech. Serge. Joseph L. Hern, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Hern of 2109 Tremont place; Staff Serge. Alfred J. Hargrave, son of Mrs. Myrtle A. Hargrave of Pueblo , and Second Lieut. Robert M. Slane, son of Ralph M. Slane of Trinidad. Hern was in the Mediterranean war area, and the others were missing the the European area.
Voight once was refused assignment as an aerial gunner when in training at Buckley field. Officers said he was “too old,” but after persistent protests he was allowed the requested bomber position. He enlisted July 15, 1942, and was sent overseas with the Eighth air force last June.
His mother learned he was a prisoner thru the International Red Cross, and said he was shot down on a raid Oct. 14 over Germany. He came to Denver from Lawrence, Kan., in 1921."
8th United States Army Air Force
306th Bomb Group - Boeing B-17F -90- BO Flying Fortress 42-30199 WW - R
"The Reich Wreckers"
369th Heavy Bomb Squadron -
"The Fightin Bitin"
Plane: The "Wicked WAAC"
Based in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, Eng.
W.W.II Prisoner of War - Germany
14 October 1943 - 18 September 1944
On 16 July 1942, in the State of Missouri, Linden enlisted in the USAAF. He was divorced with no children.
He was assigned the positions of Waist-gunner and Tail-gunner.
On 14 October 1943 The 'Second Schweinfurt Raid' began and his plane was shot down with a crew of ten men. Linden, the tail gunner on the "Wicked WAAC", was 10 years older than the rest of the crew and was known as the 'old man'. He became a prisoner of war on this date and was detained in Germany for nearly a year. On the 18th of September 1944 he was returned to the US Military in a prisoner exchange due to his severe injuries and then returned to the United States in New York, NY on 22 September 1944.
"The Denver Post - Thursday, November 25, 1943
MISSING DENVER GUNNER FOUND TO BE WAR PRISONER"
Mother Reveals Serge. Linden Voight is Held in Germany.
Staff- Sergt. Linden K. Voight, 35, son of Mrs. Vernie E. Voight of 1724 Lincoln street, Denver air hero who previously had received the Purple Heart for wounds in action over Europe and who had been awarded the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster, is a prisoner of war in Germany, his mother disclosed Thursday.
Voight, a former stater welfare department employee at Grand Junction and Colorado Springs, was listed by the war department with three other Coloradans as missing in action.
The others are Tech. Serge. Joseph L. Hern, husband of Mrs. Betty L. Hern of 2109 Tremont place; Staff Serge. Alfred J. Hargrave, son of Mrs. Myrtle A. Hargrave of Pueblo , and Second Lieut. Robert M. Slane, son of Ralph M. Slane of Trinidad. Hern was in the Mediterranean war area, and the others were missing the the European area.
Voight once was refused assignment as an aerial gunner when in training at Buckley field. Officers said he was “too old,” but after persistent protests he was allowed the requested bomber position. He enlisted July 15, 1942, and was sent overseas with the Eighth air force last June.
His mother learned he was a prisoner thru the International Red Cross, and said he was shot down on a raid Oct. 14 over Germany. He came to Denver from Lawrence, Kan., in 1921."
Inscription
Missouri; Staff Sergeant, 306 Heavy Bomb Group, Army Air Forces, World War II; Air Medal, Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster
